One Voice Ten Thousand Strong From Strength to Strength Page4 Mobilization for Animals rallies In this issue of The Humane Society News we have reported highlights of various program nationwide bring animal-welfare activities for the year 1982. With major emphasis placed on a wide variety of educational en­ supporters together physically and deavors, The HSUS continues to be at the forefront of the animal-welfare movement in alert­ spiritually. ing and sensitizing the public to the numerous ways in which animals are being exploited and how, through our individual and collective responses, we can make a significant difference in Ten Substandard Zoos Departments preventing and eliminating the abuse and suffering they experience. This initiative is directed Page 10 not only to an ever enlarging individual audience but also to numerous local animal-welfare Tracks ...... 2 organizations and animal-control agencies that look to The HSUS for workshops, consulta­ Update ...... 21 tions, and materials designed to assist them in responding more effectively to the needs of Federal Report ...... 28 animals in their respective communities. And, though the greater part of this initiative Division Reports ...... 32 emanates from our national office, there can be no doubt that it is greatly enhanced by the ef­ Around the Regions ..... 33 fective partnerships being forged by our regional offices with various local organizations, partner­ ships that are significantly strengthening both our individual and collective efforts. HSUS Annual Report Law Notes ...... 36 Page 17 Likewise, The HSUS has increasingly become a partner in various national and interna­ tional endeavors on behalf of animals. In this issue is a report on the highly successful Mobili­ Tuna Boycott Returns? .. 15 zation for Animals rallies held throughout the United States and the world on April 24. As a Dog in Hot Car Campaign 16 major sponsor of this mobilization on behalf of laboratory animals, we have lent our strength to an effort no single group could have brought to fruition. Also, our participation in various other coalitions such as Monitor, the Council for Livestock Protection, the Draize Coalition, the LD-50 Coalition, and many others, has greatly enhanced our efforts on behalf of animals. And while The HSUS has helped to inspire and create several of these coalitions, we have in Anti-Hunter Harassment other cases responded to the initiative and vision of others in expanding our outreach. Legislation We have also aided in bringing to fruition a major international animal-welfare organization, Page22 the World Society for the Protection of Animals. Resulting from the merger of the former World Federation for the Protection of Animals and International Society for the Protection 1983 HSUS of Animals, this organization is effectively addressing major animal-welfare concerns Annual Conference Program Cover photograph for The HSUS by Mary Kottke. throughout the world, especially in those areas where national and local organizations are Page24 either weak or nonexistent. Having recently attended a meeting of the board of directors of this organization in Rome, Italy, I am pleased to report that through this medium we are truly benefiting animals worldwide. The Humane Society News is published quarter· ly by The Humane Society of the United States, with headquarters at 2100 L Street, NW, Wash· There are clearly many tasks that can and will be car­ ington, D.C. 20037, (202) 452·1100. ried out by individual organizations, whether local or national. There are others, however, that require the Membership in The Humane Society participation and cooperation of many groups, not only ALL ONE FAMILY of the United States is $10 a year. combining our common talents and resources, but also providing the mutual encouragement and support we DIRECTORS OFFICERS so desperately need. For the challenges we face in seek­ Joyce I. Anderson ...... Salt Lake City, UT Chairman of the Board ...... Coleman Burke ing to bring about the elimination of abuse and suffer­ Rosemary Benning ...... Pebble Beach, CA Vice Chairman ...... K. William Wiseman ing to animals worldwide are formidable, and the resis­ Amanda Blake ...... Phoenix, AZ Secretary ...... Dr. Amy Freeman Lee SamuelA. Bowman ...... New York, NY President ...... John A. Hoyt tance we encounter is powerful and well organized. Let Dr. Carol Browning ...... Ogden, UT Vice President/Treasurer ...... Paul G. Irwin us continue, therefore, to add our strength to that of Coleman Burke ...... Short Hills, NJ Vice President/General Counsel ...... Murdaugh Stuart Madden others in seeking to create a world in which animals Jack Conlon ...... Cocoa Beach, FL Vice President/Field Services ...... Patrick B. Parkes DonaldS. Dawson ...... Bethesda, MD Vice President/Program & Communications ...... Patricia Forhan may one day be free from pain, fear, and suffering. Irene Evans ...... Washington, DC Vice President/Wildlife & Environment ...... Dr. John W. Grandy Anna Fesmire ...... Greensboro, NC Vice President/Companion Animals ...... Phyllis Wright Harold H. Gardiner ...... Salt Lake City, UT Scientific Director ...... Dr. Michael Fox Robert W. Gilmore ...... New York, NY Gisela H. Karlan ...... Towaco, NJ EDITORIAL STAFF John A. Hoyt Dr. Amy Freeman Lee ...... San Antonio, TX Deborah Salem ...... Editor Jack W. Lydman ...... Washington, DC Dianna Mosedale, Deborah Dasch ...... Publications Assistants Virginia Lynch ...... ·...... San Francisco, CA Thien Huang T. Tram ...... 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Into the Record Corporate Action In May, The HSUS took Food Industry Foray Those who attended the National Res­ In April, Rep. Mario Biaggi of Alternatives Granted advantage of an opportunity taurant Association's annual conven­ New York, sponsor of the legisla­ to influence a major corpora­ Despite strong opposition from tion had the chance to learn about the tion that would prohibit federal The Johns Hopkins Center for tion when it asked Iroquois the National Restaurant Associa­ welfare of animals used for food. funds from going to public rental­ Alternatives to Animal Testing Brands, Ltd., a large food tion (NRA), The HSUS secured a housing projects for the elderly has awarded its first research grants company, to stop importing booth at the NRA's annual con­ and handicapped if that housing to scientists developing test-tube goose liver pate if an in­ vention, the "world's largest food­ banned pets, entered the cover and tissue-culture product-safety vestigation showed that the service lodging exhibition," held prised the participants; the first story from the Spring 1983 HSUS tests here and abroad, according pate is produced by methods in Chicago in May. The vast area question asked was always, "VVhat News in The Congressional Record. to The Johns Hopkins Gazette. cruel to the geese. A stock­ of Chicago's McCormick Place was are you doing here?" "I believe that this article clearly The center was established in holder proposal filed by The crammed with displays of styro­ The HSUS was there to educate illustrates the urgent need for the 1981 by a grant from the Cosmetic, HSUS and presented for a foam cartons, flatware, machines restaurant owners and food distrib­ passage of my legislation," Rep. Toiletry, and Fragrance Associa­ vote to the assembled stock­ that crack and blend dozens of utors about the cruelties of factory Biaggi said of "Do Tenants Face tion as a direct result of the tre­ holders during Iroquois's eggs at a time, and mechanical San­ farming-the practice of raising a Petless Future?" by Julie Rov­ mendous public pressure on associ­ annual meeting marked the ta Clauses nodding and beckon­ milk-fed veal in particular-and ner. "It focuses on the actual ... ex­ ation members to find alterna­ first time a major American ing. Between the aerosol parking­ our campaign to save the whales periences of people whose lives tives to the Draize rabbit-blinding humane organization had used lot-painting machine and the can­ by boycotting fish from Japan, Peru, have been affected by the denial test (see the Summer 1981 HSUS this strategy to stop animal ned shredded carrots and cab­ Norway, and the U.S.S.R. or separation from their pet, often News). According to center direc­ cruelty (see the Spring 1983 bages, staffers at the blue and Visitors from all over the world their major form of companionship tor Alan M. Goldberg, "three areas HSUSNews). white HSUS booth quietly distrib­ filed past our booth and swept up and exercise, and it emphasized with the greatest potential for de­ uted material on whaling and fac­ Factory Farming booklets, "No Veal Iroquois Brands imports tory farming. the urgent need for bringing to­ veloping alternative tests include the pate from France and This Meal" cards, and whaling Dogfighter' s Lament Representatives from The gether the responsible pet owner responses of specific cell systems, distributes it throughout fact sheets. In general, their re­ As we know from Gulf States and the reasonable landlord. I con­ membrane structure and function, the U.S. HSUS's VVashington, D.C., and sponse was positive; only one man Regional Director Bill Meade's Great Lakes offices joined forces gratulate Ms. Rovner and the Hu­ and secretory responses of cells VVe bought one share of rotated his finger at his temple reports in recent issues of The mane Society for their excellent and and organs," reports the Gazette. stock in Iroquois Brands for to make our first excursion into and said, "You guys are crazy." HSUS News, a battle is being timely article ... " he concluded, for the express purpose of bring­ the world of food conventioneer­ Most of the other passersby who waged to make dogfighting a felo­ the record. ing a success. As the only animal­ stopped to talk gathered our ma­ ing a stockholder proposal b& welfare organization present at ny in the state of Texas. As The fore the company's sharehold­ terials and said, "It's so good to Daily Oklahoman learned after in­ the convention, The HSUS sur- ers. HSUS Counsel for Gov­ see you here.'' terviewing C.E. "Tiny" Krusen of ernment and Industry Rela­ Muskogee, felony status would seri­ tions Peter Lovenheim told ously compromise the enjoyment Fad Breeds Bad News? Chow, Rottweiler, and Akita as the company's directors and of sportsmen like Mr. Krusen in tough, strong-willed breeds re­ 300 attending stockholders fighting pit bull terriers in the The April1983 issue of the Amer­ quiring a firm hand,'' warns the how pate is produced by Lone Star state. Although he has force-feeding geese prior to Far-flung Correspondents subjects from her vast store of gone to more than 150 fights in ican Kennel Club Gazette reports Gazette. Once these dogs pose knowledge and memories and, on that the Chow, Rottweiler, and behavioral problems for inexper­ slaughter to enlarge their four years, Mr. Krusen said he is occasion, focuses her readers' at­ no longer a participant. "I had to Akita are the fad dog breeds of to­ ienced pet owners, animal shel­ livers. Every so often, we hear from tention on pet problems and other day. Their combined annual regis­ ters will begin to see the animals Although the HSUS reso­ members who contribute articles get out. Because they're fixing to animal issues. Most recently, she pass the felony law in Texas.'' The tration soared from 27,695 in given up in increasing numbers, if lution did not pass, it did to their local newspapers and garner more than 52,000 wrote on milk-fed veal calves and possibility of a five-year prison 1981 to 35,149 in 1982. "It is im­ history holds true. Every shelter wish to use HSUS publications as goose liver pate production and possible to see these three breeds has to make the decision on votes. Since most shareholder their source materials. VV e always term and 10,000 dollar fine did quoted The HSUS extensively. She not, apparently, appeal to the gen­ as good candidates for mass owner­ whether big, dominant dogs with resolutions are considered welcome the opportunity to help is a meticulous fact-checker and a tleman, who believes dogfighting ship " reports the Gazette, since behavioral problems are good can­ successful if they receive be­ such columnists, who are often un­ charming writer, whose inspira­ they are noted for their size, didates for adoption and prepare tween three and five percent paid. They are making the effort has received undeserved negative tion comes, in part, from her eleven­ publicity in the past. A political strength, stubbornness, or aggres­ its staff for handling such animals of the votes cast, we were en­ to bring animal issues to readers year-old terrier mix, Seven ("born siveness. Originally bred in the in quantity. couraged by the results of in their communities. (VV e do ask philosopher as well as an observer on October 7, 1972, adopted at of the Texas sporting scene, Mr. Orient as palace guard dogs, the VVhy do people follow fads rath­ our efforts. that they quote our material in its seven weeks of age, seven inches in Akita, for example, tips the scale er than choose an animal appro­ In a report on the Iroquois entirety, unless otherwise permit­ Krusen told the newspaper, "I'm height, seven pounds in weight ... "). not saying there are not people at 100 lbs. or more and is noted priate to their lifestyle and avoid Brands meeting in The Wash­ ted, and that they credit it correctly.) Thank you, Mrs. Molnar, and that don't abuse dogfighting. But for its aggressiveness towards such problems? "Common sense ington Post the next day, the Mrs. Emery Molnar, who writes thanks to all of your colleagues other dogs. The Rottweiler is and selection of a breed obviously HSUS action was cited as evi­ for the "Michiana Point of View" it's not the inhumane thing that who are busily and conscientious­ everybody thinks. I would like to popular for guard work. "It is no don't go hand-in-hand in too many dence of "a trend toward high­ column in the South Bend Tribune ly spreading the word about ani­ see it legalized but it will never understatement to classify the instances," concludes the Gazette. er visibility on the part of in Indiana, is one of these contribu­ mal problems in a valuable and un­ be. The trouble started when we the animal protection move­ tors. She writes on a variety of sung effort. ment" in America. gave women the vote."

2 The Humane Society News • Summer 1983 The Humane Society News • Summer 1983 3 ONE VOICE TEN THOUS STRONG Rallies Against Primate Centers Mark a Great Day for Laboratory Animals

He, Too, r__ 1_ DA I U Participants at indoor rallies used their An enormous crowd filled the Park Plaza ballroom in Boston when torrential rains rainwear as billboards. forced the mobilization demonstration indoors.

ners and placards, protesters, in­ to Bee and Sacramento Union de­ end to unnecessary animal suffering ATLANTA in laboratory experiments. cluding the staff of The HSUS's scribed how over 3,000 people filled "We will keep on marching 'til they're Southeast Regional Office, formed a a university auditorium and wept as In Boston and Davis, California, all set free. " torrential rains forced an estimated colorful procession stretching for a speaker read a litany of the hideous 7,000 to 8,000 people indoors, where In what was called the largest ral­ several blocks as it wound its way experiments performed on animals they stood crammed shoulder-to­ ly for animals ever held in the south, through one of Atlanta's wealthier in the name of science. Television host shoulder for hours; under a bright more than 300 people from Louisiana, suburbs. Marchers sang, "We will Bob Barker and entertainers Dodie springtime sky in Madison, Wiscon­ North Carolina, Georgia, and Wash­ keep on marching 'til they're all set Goodman, Morgan Brittany, and Jamie sin, a solemn procession of mourners ington, D.C., gathered in Atlanta's free" to the tune of the Battle Hymn Leigh-Curtis joined scientist Donald honored primates killed at the pri­ Candler Park for the mobilization of the Republic as they walked to­ Barnes, philosophy professor Steve mate center there; and, in Atlanta, a rally. Many had traveled ten hours by ward the Emory campus. A flower Sapontzis, HSUS Vice President Pa­ small but enthusiastic group gathered car and bus to attend. The chilly wreath in memory of all animals sac­ tricia Forkan, and others in condemn­ on the doorstep of the Yerkes Cen­ weather and high winds kept the rificed to research was placed on the ing wasteful primate research. Ms. ter, the most famous primate research crowd huddled together in a tight university's stone entrance gate be­ Forkan offered the protesters another n April 24, 1983, members of group in front of the speakers' plat­ fore the marchers returned to Can­ way to voice their objection to the over 400 animal-welfare or­ station in the world, to protest its in­ O form where a Mobilization for Animals dler Park by bus then headed for home. work of the primate centers: writing vasive and inconclusive research. ganizations in twenty-three countries banner was strung high. letters to their congressmen asking put aside their philosophical differ­ The HSUS was an important pres­ ence at all four sites. President John An important speaker was The that funding for those centers be dis­ ences to take part in the Mobiliza­ HSUS's Michael Fox, who warned continued. "Science magazine quoted tion for Animals protest against the Hoyt delivered a speech in Boston DAVIS that was later reported on national the crowd that people place their own [National Institutes of Health] Direc­ seven regional primate centers (see health and moral well-being in jeopar­ "We are here to demand a shift in em- tor of Primate Centers Leo Whitehair the Fall1982, Winter 1983, and Spring television news; Vice President Patri­ phasis ... away from ... primate work and cia Forkan, Director of Laboratory dy when they rely overmuch on med· as saying, 'No one's lost any sleep 1983 issues of The HSUS News). ical technology and animal research. toward ... alternative techniques of the over this [rally],"' she said. "Of greater They came in driving rain, dark of Animal Welfare John McArdle, and future .... " Scientific Director Michael Fox spoke Other speakers were Dawn Thacker, concern to Whitehair and other NIH night, blazing sun, and numbing cold; mobilization coordinator, and Lewis In the land of the media, the mobili­ officials is the effect the [rallies] will in parkas, combat boots, t-shirts, from platforms at the other gather­ ings. Regional and support staff pro­ Regenstein of the Fund for Animals. zation rally at California's Universi­ have on upcoming budget hearings and designer dresses; in buses, trains, After the speeches and entertain­ ty of California at Davis received on Capitol'Hill.. .. Let's make them van pools, and planes. Thousands of vided press assistance to mobiliza­ tion organizers and manned HSUS ment by local folk musicians, the crowd massive coverage from television, lose sleep this week!" She said that, animal-welfare supporters journeyed radio, and newspapers. All of the later in the week, The HSUS would information booths. formed a procession and marched for hours at their own expense to Wis­ three miles to Emory University, major network affiliates mentioned be testifying before the Senate Ap­ consin, California, Massachusetts, and Each demonstration had a unique character. Here is a report from each host institution of the Yerkes Primate the rally on their evening broadcasts. propriations Committee to call for Georgia, and to rallies around the Center. Carrying hundreds of ban- Front page stories in the Sacramen- the closing of the Oregon and Delta world, to demand with one voice the site. The Humane Society News • Summer 1983 The Humane Society News • Summer 1983 5 4 Brilliant weather helped to bring a huge crowd to the Wisconsin rally. Television personality Bob Barker was Marchers wound their way through suburban Atlanta during the demonstration there. master of ceremonies at the Davis rally.

teaches them early the evils of an­ thropomorphism-that animals have no feelings. How long before they realize the behavior of a monkey is not the behavior of a human-they're not little people? "The animal-rights/animal-welfare movement was once characterized as a sleeping giant,'' he continued. "I'm here to tell you today that the giant's awake and he's hungry. And A stellar line-up of guest speakers at Davis included actresses Morgan Brittany (third from left), Andrea Hall Lovell (fourth from left), and Jamie Leigh-Curtis (third from 1UJ it's your job to see he becomes an in­ ::> right). HSUS Vice President Patricia Forkan (fifth from left) urged the crowd to sup­ UJ somniac." :r: port federal legislation to protect laboratory animals. I The protesters, many of whom Not all participants at the Boston rally HSUS Director of Laboratory Animal Welfare John McArdle (right) discusses pri­ were HSUS members from the were people. mate centers with two participants in the Wisconsin rally. Great Lakes region, were remark­ ably orderly and attentive during the five-hour demonstration. Many had they mourned. The crisp spring day boarded buses before dawn to attend and brightly clad students walking BOSTON the event. "We want to educate peo­ by the lake behind the rally provided "Our physical welfare must not be pur­ Regional Primate Centers; ask that many groups supporting the April by the black-clad mourners whose ple," explained Jennifer Swart of a stark contrast to the somber and chased at the price of our spiritual and funding for the other centers be care­ 24 rally, that number will undoubted­ signs bore the identification num­ Grand Rapids, Michigan, when asked melancholy mood of the participants. moral welfare •... " fully reviewed; and ask that the ly grow. bers and causes of deaths of the ani­ her reasons for coming. "It's long "I asked the researchers two ques­ Driving rains and flash-flood warn­ money saved by these actions be mals they honored. Each marcher overdue, and we're tired of standing tions,'' philosophy professor Charles ings forced the transfer of the earmarked for alternatives to animal dropped his armband into one of two MADISON around and doing nothing." Magell told the crowd. "First, I asked, mobilization rally from its original testing. coffins placed directly outside the " ... The animal-rights/animal-welfare primate center's door. The only "It's about time we did something 'Why do you perform these experi­ site on Boston Common to the Park Twenty-six organizations, includ­ movement ... is a sleeping giant ... now to help the animals," agreed Tom Sin­ ments on primates?' 'Because they're Plaza Hotel blocks away, but this last­ ing The HSUS, distributed litera­ sounds were the click of reporters' awake and ..• hungry .... " cameras, the shuffle of feet, and the ger, who drove in from Milwaukee like us,' the researchers replied. Then minute change in plans did not keep ture throughout the rally. accompanied by his Airedales Mar­ I asked them, 'Why is it morally an estimated 4,000 to 5,000 people Perhaps the most moving testimo­ Led by 100 people dressed in black muffled sobs of many marchers who carrying signs commemorating ani­ were overcome with emotion. lowe and Chloe. O.K. to do this?' 'Because they're from jamming the cavernous ball­ ny was given by daytime television By far the biggest reception was not like us,' the researchers replied. room to hear speakers condemn the star Andrea Hall Lovell. "Before I mals that had lost their lives in the "You're making history today," Wisconsin Regional Primate Center, emcee and veterinarian Dr. William given to speaker Wally Swett, founder They cannot have it both ways. Free­ duplication and waste in experi­ became an actress I was a teacher, and manager of Primarily Primates, dom of scientific inquiry in no way ments done at the Harvard-affili­ working with children with special some 4,000 protesters from nine Winter told the crowd when they states gathered in Madison on April24. gathered later for the rally on the a sanctuary for unwanted monkeys releases the scientist from moral ated New England Regional Pri­ needs," she said. "I realized the im­ and apes. "Non-human primates are principles." mate Center outside Boston. HSUS portance of a non-verbal child having a In a procession that at one point University of Wisconsin's Library stretched for fourteen blocks, the Mall. "This is the single largest, simply not given the respect they "I have a fantasy,'' Dr. McArdle President John Hoyt's speech was speaking person as a friend. Then, deserve," he told the attentive au­ confided in his closing remarks, interrupted repeatedly by applause when I saw an orangutan make the marchers, wearing black armbands, most visible activity ever [under­ made their way across town to the taken] on behalf of animals." dience. "Our society has evolved to "that someday that brick building on from the soaked and bundled audience. sign for 'sad' when its baby died, I view the non-human as inferior to the Regent Street will be gone, and in its "We are here to affirm that our physi­ understood the need for non-verbal primate center. As they neared the "One of the most serious problems modest, white brick building guarded we face today is an education sys­ human, even though he eats, sleeps, place will be a grassy park with a cal welfare must not be purchased at animals to have a voice." breathes, and feels in a manner very boulder in it. And that boulder will the price of our spiritual and moral Over 30,000 people on the west by armed police, their chants of ''Stop tem that trains biologists to kill," the torture-no excuse," stopped featured speaker and HSUS Direc­ similar to humans." have a brass plaque on it that will welfare ... " he announced, and " ... We coast have signed petitions endors­ The crowd was constantly reminded read: never have so many suffered so have come ... to declare ... that we shall ing the mobilization's goals. With abruptly. Two by two, the marchers tor of Laboratory Animal Welfare walked through a double file formed John McArdle told the crowd. "That that its tax money paid for the re­ much at the hands of so few to gain no longer permit to go unchallenged continued cooperation among the search-and for the animal deaths so little." the preemptive exploitation of these The Humane Society News • Summer 1983 6 The Humane Society News • Summer 1983 7 HSUS Periodicals: many Ways to Stay Informed About Animal Welfare

We're glad we can count you as part of The HSUS, but we find many people Shelter Sense aren't aware of the variety of A lively, unique, informative periodicals we publish to serve newsletter for animal-sheltering the many different-and and -control personnel that Celebrities listen with rapt attention to John Hoyt's lead-off speech: from left, seated, important- interests of offers answers to community Cleveland Amory, Susan Strasberg, Angie Dickinson, Earl Holliman, Richard those in animal welfare. animal problems. Ten times a Morgan, Ingrid Newkirk. ..6 year. $5 per subscription. All of these publications HSUS President John Hoyt delivers a speech in Boston later excerpted on national are prepared by The television news. I> HSUS's nationally experienced professional staff. primates for purposes we know little place where animals will no longer Mass., for a memorial service at the or nothing about. be made to suffer to give humans primate center itself, but the terrible Shouldn't you order one Humane Education "On this April 24, 1983," he con­ pleasure or comfort or entertain­ weather and the early departure of for yourself-or a friend? A practical, colorful cluded, "we have set into motion a ment. We can see such a place clear­ buses destined north and south kept publication of The HSUS's force that shall continue to grow. ly in our minds now, a place of peace the crowd small. National Association for The success of this crusade on behalf where compassion is not divisible by Both major wire services, one of the Advancement of of animals is finally dependent upon race, or sex, or species, and no suf­ the national networks, and a host of Humane Education, you ... believing in the rightness of fering is considered good or right, a city newspapers on the east coast car­ The HSUS News filled with activities and our cause and bearing witness to place where all creatures can abide ried extensive coverage of the Bos­ Quarterly membership magazine suggestions for classroom that belief in our personal attitudes together without fear of being con­ ton rally. Organizers termed it a great of The Humane Society of the teachers and educators and actions." fined, or hunted, or slaughtered for success. U.S., with up-to-date reports on in animal-welfare Mobilization National Coordinator wealth or whim." The rally over, twilight crept into HSUS activities involving organizations, animal­ Richard Morgan spoke poignantly Fund for Animals President Cleve­ soggy Boston. A young couple pushed national, international, and control agencies, nature of "each day taking us closer to a land Amory, People for the Ethical a stroller and watched over their two regional animal-welfare issues, centers, and zoos. Treatment of Animals leader Alex small dogs as they made their way $10 minimum membership contribution. Quarterly. $7 per year. Pacheco and entertainers Angie Dic­ through a deserted and flooded Pub­ kinson, Earl Holliman, and Susan lic Garden, just across the street Strasberg followed in condemning var­ from the Common. One of the dogs ious aspects of laboratory experimen­ had its hind legs strapped into a two­ tation. Musical sets by Country Joe wheeled contraption which it pulled MacDonald and Wings of Song cheered along behind it quite cheerily, easily the audience from time to time dur­ keeping up with its family. The dog ing the three-hour program. Actor had been injured and its legs para­ Holliman was particularly eloquent: lyzed the year before, the man ex­ ------referring to the massive amounts of plained, and the veterinarian had I would like to receive ------drug abuse research conducted at counseled them to put the dog to these periodicals of The HSUS: the primate centers, he asked, "Why sleep. "We came up with this in­ do our bad habits have to turn into stead," the man said, "He's eleven The HSUS News. Enroll me as a voting member of The Name monkeys' bad luck?" years old now and doing pretty well HSUS ($10 for one year) and send me four issues. The packed hall left little room for with his wheels. And, you know what? I enclose the information tables groups had His back legs are beginning to come Address On Friday, April 29, 1983, just brought to the rally or for the work­ back. See them twitching as he pulls four days after the primate center ing press. Despite the crush, how­ himself along? We think he'll be Shelter Sense. Enter a subscription to Shelter Sense mobilization, Dr. Michael Fox of­ ever, people from New York, Ver­ walking again soon." His last words ($5 for one year) and send me ten issues. City fered testimony on behalf of The mont, New Hampshire, and Washing­ could have been an assessment of I enclose HSUS before the Appropriations ton, D.C., buttons and posters taped the whole laboratory animal strug­ Committee of the United States to their foulweather gear, cheered gle: "You think nothing can be done Humane Education. Enter a subscription to Humane State Zip Senate. A complete report on that every reference to eliminating animal and it's all hopeless, but, you see, Education ($7 for one year) and send me four issues. hearing appears in the Federal Re­ suffering in experiments. nothing ever really is." I enclose port on page 28. After the rally, a caravan of buses Make checks payable to The HSUS. Please return this coupon to The HSUS, 2100 L Street, NW, Wash· drove thirty miles to Southboro, Total: ington, DC 20037, along with your payment. 8 The Humane Society News • Summer 1983 The elephants in this picture are: By proclamation of President Reagan, June was National (a) waiting in a subway station for Zoo and Aquarium Month. To commemorate this event, the 8:05 (b) serving five to ten years in Leav­ The HSUS would like to direct your attention to a few of enworth for disturbing the peace the 363 zoos we have inspected nationwide that are, unfor­ (c) on display in their permanent tunately, far inferior to those true zoological gardens that home at a major U.S. zoo are, as the president recognized, cca valuable and unique (d) none of the above The answer must be (d). The first asset" to the nation. two are patently absurd, and, well, those animals couldn't really be living in that bare concrete oasis, could they? No professional zoological garden in the U.S. would exhibit animals in an environment so obviously inappro­ priate for the animal and devoid of in­ formation for the public, would it? Well ... yes and no. Some profes­ sional zoological gardens are still sad­ dled with some outdated structures, Ten but those structures . are gradually being replaced by more naturalistic exhibits. Unfortunately, there are still many operations that call them­ Substandard selves zoos that are not really zoos at all. They could be more accurately termed menageries. The HSUS defines a menagerie as a random collection of animals maintained in an amateurish Zoos fashion. One of these, the Oakland Zoo in California, is where these elephants indeed live. There are other places like the zoo in Oakland that have equally unac­ ceptable exhibits and face other dif­ ficulties that they either do not want prises and others are financed by operations. For example, though all levels. At every one of the zoos on to change or cannot change. local governments. Some charge ad­ of these places are, we believe, a this list, we found shortcomings in As long as there are zoos there will mission, others do not. And, as one waste of money, the municipal facili­ sanitation (posing a health hazard to be a debate over which zoo is the best, might expect, they vary in size. ties are guilty of an even greater of­ the animals and to the public); cag­ but such a debate will never produce a But for our purposes, these dif­ fense than are the private ones, for ing (offering only spartan, isolated single winner. There are many truly ferences matter only insofar as they they are throwing away taxpayers' environments to the hapless animals); fine facilities, but to say which is the compound the faults we find in these dollars on enterprises that return shelter, food, and water (all of which best, it is necessary to ask "At what?" less than nothing on the investment. were usually inadequate); and security While one may surpass the rest in In the same way, the larger the facil­ (often resulting in deaths of animals one particular field, such as public ity, the more it undermines the pur­ caused by vandals). education, another may excel in a dif­ Ten "Zoos" poses and goals to which a zoo should • No educationa~ socia~ or cultural ferent one, such as the captive breed­ devote itself. ing of the scimitar-homed oryx. Each • Aqualand, Brewster, Me. value. None of these facilities, in our • Cadwalader Park Zoo, Trenton, More significant than the differ­ opinion, makes a satisfactory attempt of these candidates for best zoo pro­ ences are the similarities among N.J. to provide a learning experience for vides a good level of care for its ani­ these facilities, since the similarities • Glen Miller Park Zoo, Richmond, visitors. This is an important respon­ mals; offers educational opportuni­ qualify them for inclusion in this Ind. sibility with benefits for both the pub­ ties to visitors; and makes contribu­ group. Individually, these factors tions to conservation. • Houser's Groves and Zoo, Mel­ lic, in enhancing its understanding bourne, Fla. can reduce the quality of an animal's of the world around it, and the ani­ It is much easier to identify those life; in combination, they mean a • Johnson Zoo, Smithfield, N.C. mals, in their being appreciated as am­ zoos that fall far, far below the stan­ wretched existence for the many ani­ • Knowland Park Zoo, Oakland, bassadors for their species and their dard of best. This we have done in mals kept by these ten zoos. naming ten zoos which, in our opin­ Cal. habitats. ion, fail to meet even one criterion of • M&M Zoo and Petting Farm, • Poor performance with respect Informative exhibit signs, an avail­ an acceptable zoological garden. Al­ Welford, S.C. to vital aspects of animal care. Hous­ able, trained staff to answer ques­ though they share the "distinction" • Nay Aug Zoo, Scranton, Pa. ing, nutrition, medical care, and all tions, and a program of community of being substandard zoos, they do • Space Game Farms, Sussex, N.J. other important elements of captive involvement are the minimal com­ differ from one another in some • Welder Park Zoo, Sinton, Tex. animal management are far below ponents of an educational program, BY SUE PRESSMAN respects. Some are private enter- what we consider to be acceptable and all of the zoos on our list fall The Humane Society News • Summer 1983 11 10 The Humane Society News • Summer 1983 short in at least two of these areas. In 1980, we requested inspections the same cage. The zoo's owner, dis­ them. The result is a zoo that can But the most serious deficiency is by both federal and state authorities regarding his responsibilities to his neither properly care for nor exhibit not in failing to inform, but in misin­ after finding problems at Houser's animals and to his community, has its animals nor serve the public. forming. We feel that the very exis­ Zoo. The USDA declared the zoo to sold wolf-dog hybrids as pets to the Both the Johnson Zoo and Aqua­ tence of such menageries actually be in compliance, but the state found general public. In 1980, the USDA land have histories of flagrant viola­ does a grave disservice to the public fifty-four violations. These included fined the zoo and suspended its li­ tions of the Animal Welfare Act and to the animals by projecting a eighteen cages substandard in size cense because of continued non-com­ (A W A) which have resulted in USDA very negative image of wildlife and and fourteen with inadequate fur­ pliance with the law. More recently, action against them. Charges distorting the nature of man's rela­ nishings. the U.S. Department of the Interior, against Aqualand are still pending, tionship to other creatures. Inferior caging is also a serious based on our findings, refused to re­ so details are not available from the • No effort to contribute to conser­ problem at Welder Park. The HSUS new the owner's endangered species USDA. We can say, however, that vation. One way in which a true zoo recently wrote an urgent letter to ci­ permit. the poor sanitation, caging, and win­ justifies its existence is to give some­ ty authorities pointing out that, un­ At Cadwalader Park Zoo, a bear con­ ter quarters we have observed cer­ thing back to the species it exhibits less structural deficiencies were cor­ tinues to live literally in a pit despite tainly justify such action. through increasing their chances for rected quickly, escapes and injuries our many attempts to persuade the Johnson's Zoo has already been survival. A very basic conservation could occur. city to improve conditions for this charged with violating A W A housing effort should consist of establishing Space Game Farm took poor cag­ animal. As small as this park is, se­ and sanitation requirements. Accord­ a breeding program for even one spe­ ing to a new low by confining three curity is so inadequate that vandals ing to the USDA, Mr. Johnson has cies that the zoo finds it is able to baboons in a modified truck as an have repeatedly killed or maimed "failed to provide humane living condi­ maintain well; hiring staff well-qual­ exhibit. Of course, not much is to be zoo animals. tions for animals held at his facility." ified to execute such a program; and expected from an operation that fea­ Oakland Zoo provides a good exam­ The many counts against Mr. John­ cooperating with other zoos in their This lion exhibit at the Glen Miller Park Zoo provides visitors with little in the way of tures information on the prices of ani­ ple of the effects of weak community son include housing incompatible ani­ breeding efforts through exchange pro­ educational stimulation, unless one considers viewing an animal in a cell of crumbling mals' pelts on signs in front of their support. Here, the zoological society mals together; providing water in grams and accurate record-keeping. cement educational. cages and displays a steel-jaw, leghold has a management contract with the rusty receptacles; and failing to pro­ Furthermore, the research a zoo con­ trap on the door of one of them! city under which the society has re­ vide a number of animals with veteri­ ducts in such areas as behavior, nu­ The M&M Zoo demonstrated its sponsibility for both the zoo and the nary care. If found guilty, the USDA trition, and reproduction can improve total ignorance of the needs of ani­ surrounding park. However, it receives is seeking to have his license revoked, prospects for the survival of animals in mals by housing a dog and a bear in no tax revenues to help run either of among other possible penalties. the wild as well as benefit animals in captivity. any of these areas. We are by no Even a small zoo can contribute to means saying that these are the only conservation in a meaningful way problem facilities in the U.S. On the through some of these activities. By contrary, there are a number of others failing to participate on any level-as that would qualify based on the first do all of the zoos on this list-a facili­ four criteria. What distinguishes these ty is merely purposelessly exploiting from the many equally poor in the wildlife. other respects is their unwillingness • Lack of community support. At­ to address, identify, and resolve their tendance at any of these facilities may problems. be high, but, except for a few individ­ What, specifically, is wrong at uals, the community ignores or de­ these places? If you visited all ten, nies the zoo's shortcomings and the you would be unable to distinguish need for changes. This lack of sup­ among them in terms of their overall port is most often seen in a refusal to substandard performance in all areas give municipal zoos sufficient re­ of operation. However, one or two sources, not necessarily to make im­ particularly glaring defects might provements but just to operate the stand out in each one. For example, zoo professionally. Over time, such the exhibits at the Scranton Zoo are neglect of daily operations, routine so outdated and sterile that there maintenance, and incremental changes can be no understanding of the ani­ to keep pace with developments in mals' natural behaviors. To make zoo management is what pushes zoos matters worse, the leadership there to the brink of disaster; then, only a is so out of step with modern zoo­ major-perhaps prohibitively high­ logical thinking that even the new­ investment may be able to rescue it. est exhibit is archaic by those stan­ At Space Game Farm in New Jersey, a In the case of a private facility, dards. steel-jaw, leg hold trap adams a bear cage. community indifference to its pres­ At the Glen Miller Park Zoo, we ence, to its treatment of the animals observed drainage problems so se­ there, and to the statement its pres­ vere that waste flows from one cage Department of Agriculture (USDA) ence makes about the area is what to the next. The ceilings of the mon­ consistently gave this facility a clean enables such operations to plod along key cages are so low that the ani­ bill of health until The HSUS con­ with minimal interference. mals can barely stand up in them. fronted the agency with undeniable vio­ In their natural habitat, bears are active, curious, climbing, exploring animals ranging throughout forests and fields. In the Oakland • A longtime history of not im­ Many of its few educational signs pro­ lations of the law. Upon reinspection, Zoo, they sit on metal grates in sterile, boring, unnatural concrete enclosures. proving or not trying to improve in vide incorrect information. The U.S. it found sixteen separate deficiencies.

12 The Humane Society News • Summer 1983 The Humane Society News • Summer 1983 13 In some cases, the money needed to The USUS Dusts Off Tuna Boycott Buttons upgrade habitats and other aspects of animal care and to institute ed­ The HSUS has called for the tuna in­ ucational and conservation programs dustry voluntarily to allow observers simply has not been available, nor What You Can Do on their boats immediately. would it be in the future. If you believe a zoo in your area substandard operation. If it is a In a more hopeful development, this In other cases, community support fits the description of the zoos on private establishment, you have a past May, the full court of appeals for finding adequate funding simply this list, don't despair-remarkable responsibility as a consumer to ~~ granted the government's request to couldn't be found. Sometimes, due turn-arounds are possible. Had we seek changes. You must treat the w review the January, 1983, decision. to ignorance of, or indifference to, written this article three years ago, zoo as you would any other con­ j"" There is hope that the full court may the needs of both the animals and for example, the Point Defiance sumer goods-make your dissatis­ ii: reverse the earlier, crippling decision the public, zoo authorities simply re­ Zoo in Tacoma, Washington, could faction known both to the pro­ '" and reinstate the porpoise protection fused to acknowledge the existence -~ easily have been included. Condi­ vider of the goods, e.g., the zoo ~ program. But this may take a long of any problems or the need to make · tions for both the animals and vis­ owner, and the government agen­ 01 time, and action is needed to protect improvements. itors were appalling. Slowly, how­ cy that licenses or supervises ~ the porpoises now. Unlike our experience at most of ever, the tide began to tum: the city such establishments. ~ The HSUS is asking its members the zoos we have inspected, our at­ administration began to take an In both cases, you must enlist The common dolphin: one of the species victimized in purse seine nets to contact Carmen Blondin, Deputy As­ tempts at intervention have met with interest in the zoo; some crucial the participation of other persons sistant Administrator for Resource resistance at all of these facilities. In staff changes were made; and the who, like yourself, do not want Management, National Marine Fish­ a few cases, we confronted virulent community and the press became In January of 1976, The HSUS more than 20,500 porpoises be killed eries Service, U.S. Department of Com­ the community burdened with a asked its members to boycott all opposition: the more we tried to show involved in making the zoo a facility facility that serves no useful pur­ each year and that federal observers merce, 3300 Whitehaven Street, NW, tuna products. This action was our the need for remedial action, the more of which they could be proud. Now, pose. There are others who feel as be aboard the vessels to monitor the Washington, D.C. 20235 and ask for response to the brutal massacre of kill. This general permit lapses at determined zoo management became the Point Defiance Zoo is well on you do but who need a catalyst to a full observer program. millions of porpoises in tuna nets the end of 1985. A new permit must to maintain the status quo. Occasion­ its way to becoming one of the finest get them involved. ' Secondly, we must urge tuna boat that had begun in the 1960's and con­ be issued for any incidental taking ally, some members of the public facilities in the country. Get involved in the zoological so­ captains to accept a full observer pro­ tinued into the early 1970's. Now, a of porpoise thereafter. would join forces with our efforts. If change is to come to your ciety if there is one; start one if gram. Please write Mr. August Felan­ disturbing series of events that be­ But most often they remained un­ zoo, your personal commitment there is not. Go to community or­ Generally, the industry has stayed do, President, American Tunaboat gan in January of this year may make aware of the controversy or uncon­ will be a major factor. As an indi­ ganizations, business associations, within its allowable kill per year. In Association, One Tuna Lane, San cerned about the fate of the zoo. vidual concerned about animal wel­ and other groups with an interest a return to the tuna boycott a sad 1982, however, it exceeded the quota, Diego, CA 92101. How can these places continue to fare, you have a responsibility to in the social and cultural institu­ but unavoidable necessity. killing nearly 23,000 animals, includ­ The companies which process and operate? It is a sad fact that we have the animals to improve their living For some unknown biological reason, ing some 2,000 Eastern Spinner por­ can the tuna must also hear from us. tions of your area. You may also yellowfin (light) tuna swim underneath no choice but to rely upon the gov­ conditions. If it is a municipal zoo, poises-a protected species. In addi­ They realize that a renewed tuna boy­ want to go to the press to dissemi­ schools of porpoise. Tuna fishermen ernment agencies charged with en­ you have a responsibility to your­ nate more widely information on tion, it is estimated that foreign cott would be very damaging during forcing laws to protect animals to can easily find the deep swimming self as a taxpayer to voice your conditions at the zoo and generate fleets now account for more than this time of a glut of tuna on the mar­ close them down, and government en­ tuna by looking for high leaping por­ complaints to your local officials additional pressure for change. one-half of the world's purse seine ket. Here are some addresses: forcement has been very uneven. and to demand that they stop us­ poises on the surface. Once fishermen fleet and their porpoise kill, largely And of course, always feel free spot the porpoises, they deploy speed Del Monte Corp. Once in a while, an exhibitor will go ing your tax dollars to finance a to contact The HSUS for guidance. unregulated, is equal to or greater out of business because he has seen boats to encircle them with three­ than that of U.S. vessels. Box 3575 the handwriting on the wall. For the quarter-mile purse seine nets. Then, The HSUS has always believed that San Francisco, CA 94119 most part, though, authorities allow like closing the mouth of a draw-string the tuna industry must develop fish­ Bumble Bee facilities to fall in and out of compli­ purse, they close the net, capturing ing equipment and techniques that 70 West Marine ance as a matter of course. No soon­ the tuna, porpoises, and anything else will reduce all porpoise mortality to Astoria, OR 97103 er has one violation been corrected within. near zero. We promoted legislation, than a new one appears. At times, The massacre reached upwards of passed in 1981, which called upon Castle & Cooke (Clover Leaf) even if a field agent cites an exhibi­ 300,000 deaths annually in the six­ the Department of Commerce to con­ P.O. Box 2990 tor for a violation, the administrative can Association of Zoological Parks community indifference. Indifferent ties. In 1972, Congress passed the Ma­ tinue funding the development and Honolulu, HI 96802 process may drag on for years, and and Aquariums. Eventually, the in­ communities ought not to have zoos" rine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) testing of new gear. But since then, H.J. Heinz Co. (Star-Kist) the situation goes unchanged in the stitutions not accredited will stand [emphasis added]. which mandated that the tuna indus­ research and development efforts, al­ P.O. Box 57 meantime. This lax administration in sharp contrast to the true zoologi­ We hope that the appearance of try reduce the kill to near-zero within ways inadequate, have come to a vir­ Pittsburgh, PA 15230 of animal-welfare laws obviously cal garden. these zoos on our list will arouse two years. The industry did not com­ tual standstill. helps such places to resist change. Though a number of variables con­ their host communities and moti­ ply and, following several court and If that weren't bad enough, the Ralston-Purina Co. (Chicken of We realize there are some places tribute to the substandard conditions vate them to seek change. In the congressional battles, The HSUS, along U.S. tuna industry filed. a lawsuit chal­ the Sea) where changes on the scale that at these establishments, we believe meantime, despite the obstacles we with several other groups, launched lenging the requirement that it accept Checkerboard Square would be required are simply out of the that the community is ultimately re­ have encountered, The HSUS refuses the boycott. federal observers on its boats. Unfor­ St. Louis, MO 63164 question, and those places should sponsible for the perpetuation of unac­ to abandon the animals confined to That tactic and additional court tunately, in January of 1983, a U.S. It is important that your congress­ cease to operate. However, we feel ceptable facilities, for no change is pos­ these menageries. Setbacks have on­ fights resulted in the tuna industry's court of appeals ruled in favor of the man and senators know of your con­ that the first three elements of a bad sible unless the community is willing ly served to deepen our resolve to coming under federal regulation re­ tuna industry and banned mandato­ cern about the virtually unregulated zoo-poor animal care; lack of educa­ to support such an undertaking. seek relief for the animals and the quiring fishermen to operate under ry placement of government observ­ tuna industry. (See Federal Report tional programs; no conservation ef­ This is an enormous responsibility, public. Both are ill-served by such greatly reduced porpoise mortality ers aboard tuna boats on constitu­ on page 28 for addresses.) forts-could be correctable in the but William Conway, general direc­ inferior facilities. quotas. tional grounds. There are now no We hope we don't have to dust off majority of instances so as to result tor of the Bronx Zoo and a world re­ As part of that solution, since 1981, U.S. government observers aboard our tuna boycott buttons. If we in a fairly good facility. Once on the nowned zoo authority, has observed, the United States tuna industry has tuna vessels to gather enforcement push hard now to continue working path to recovery, these zoos should "Inevitably, zoos are a reflection of Sue Pressman is director of captive been fishing under a special U.S. gov­ information about porpoise deaths for observers and zero kill, we can aim for accreditation by the Ameri- their communities. Bad zoos reflect wildlife protection for The HSUS. ernment permit. It requires that no or violations of federal regulations. make a real difference.

14 The Humane Society News • Summer 1983 The Humane Society News • Summer 1983 15 Leaving Your Pet USUS Summer Campaign , ____, In A Parked Car Warning: Park Pets At Home, Can Be Not In Cars A Deadly Mistake

The summer months can bring op­ departments, and Shelter Sense sub­ portunities for fun in the sun, but scribers, asking whether they would they can often bring tragedy as well participate in the campaign. when unthinking owners take family Ms. Ruling reports the response pets along for a ride in the car. Many has been excellent-up to 10,000 pos­ On a warm day, the temperature in your car can people do not realize the danger in ters and 100,000 handout flyers are reach 160° in a matter of minutes, even when the windows are partially open. leaving their pets inside a parked car being distributed around the coun­ With only hot air to breathe, your pet can quickly on a warm day, even if only for a try, reaching more people than ever suffer brain damage or die from heatstroke. The Humane Society of the United States warns: brief period. Whether or not the car before. When it's hot-leave your pet at horne! Open windows, shaded parking areas or air is parked in the shade or the win­ This year, the public service cam­ conditioned cars with the motor off won't save your dows are open, once the outside tem­ paign has a newly designed poster pet's life. In addition, be sure you know these signs of heat perature climbs above 70 degrees, (twelve inches by fifteen inches) that stress: heavy panting, glazed eyes, rapid pulse rate, within minutes the inside tempera­ provides more information on recog­ dizziness, vomiting, or a deep red or purple tongue. If your dog does become overheated., get him ture will reach 160 degrees. The car nizing the signs of heat stress in a into the shade and. take these emergency steps:

then literally becomes a death trap pet. • Apply ice packs or cold towels to the head, neck for pets. "We feel not everyone has gotten and chest. • Don't give an unlimited amount of cold water. The HSUS wants to put an end to the message ... this year we want non­ Let him lick ice cubes or even ice cream.

these needless tragedies. For the third pet owners as well as pet owners to • Get the dog to a veterinarian immediately. It summer in a row, the public rela­ know the facts to prevent these un­ could save your pet's life.

tions department is waging the cam­ necessary deaths," explained Ms. ,:,'1'"-Nl:.""= ~~"\.. The Humane Society of the United. States paign by sending out posters and flyers. Ruling. "In addition, those people c ' 2100 L Street, N.W. ~.... *'I!J Washington, DC 20037 "We want to alert the public to the living in warmer areas of the United ">-("liNrt 04',_, eJ1983 HSUS dangers of leaving pets in cars dur­ States must realize this warning is THE HUMANE SOCIETY OF THE UNITED STATES ing the summer months," said Janet not just confined to the summer M. Ruling, public relations director. months.'' The department first mailed let­ The HSUS urges you to think first ters to state veterinary and medical before taking your pet in the car and the time of year, when it's hot­ 1982 ANNUAL REPORT associations, major supermarket chain spread this message to others in leave your pet at home! You may stores, libraries, parks, recreation your community: no matter what help save its life. quency to ten times a year to serve better the needs of those Education Activities and Services working directly with animals. A unique campaign against An enormous variety of educational and information activi­ pound seizure helped local and state organizations and in­ ties formed the basis for The HSUS's daily work and long­ dividuals by supplying information desperately needed in the range goals. fight to prohibit the taking of animals from shelters for re­ Kind Magazine to be Replaced by Kind News The Department of Animal Sheltering and Control di­ search. rectly influenced the humane care, handling, euthanasia, The National Association for the Advancement of Hu­ and adoption of close to 500,000 animals in 300 animal mane Education (NAAHE) conducted seventeen humane In an effort to bring more children scription will entitle teachers, humane magazine over the past fourteen shelters across the country. Workshops on humane society education workshops in twelve states and launched a information about animals and humane society educators, or other interested years and hope that you will join us problem-solving in New York, Louisiana, and Illinois at­ major humane education evaluation project in 1982. issues, The HSUS is changing the adults to quarterly packets of thirty­ in our enthusiasm for the new Kind tracted over 250 participants; special training sessions in This latter was designed to test, evaluate, and examine fac­ format and approach of its child­ five copies of one level of the news­ News program. Florida, New Jersey, and New York reached another 150 tors in and attitudes towards humane education and, most directed programming. Kind, the paper, which they can in turn dis­ animal-control officers and humane society staff members. specifically, to critique NAAHE's humane education cur­ youth magazine of The HSUS since tribute to children. In addition to In four separate sessions of The HSUS's highly successful riculum guide. NAAHE released useful new materials such 1969, ceased publication with the May/ changing its Kind program, The HSUS Animal Control Academy, including one each in Michi­ as The Miniature Menagerie, a portfolio of clip art, and June 1983 issue. It will be replaced is consolidating its humane educa­ gan and California, 115 students graduated from the two­ Methods for Measurement, a guide for evaluating humane this fall by Kind News, a four-page tion efforts by placing responsibility week animal-control-officer training course. The HSUS re­ education programs, and continued to publish its critically tabloid newspaper to be published for the new publication under its accredited seven humane societies through its accreditation successful quarterly, Humane Education. on two levels, Level I for grades one educational division, the National program and undertook ten evaluation visits to societies in­ The year 1982 was a volatile one in the fields of legisla­ through three and Level II for grades Association for the Advancement of volved in the program. The accreditation committee revised tion and government relations. Despite a Congress hostile to four through six. Humane Education. and rewrote all mandatory and elective standards for ac­ expansion of the role of federal legislation, The HSUS Unlike Kind, Kind News will not More information about Kind News creditation, and a new director of accreditation began careful saw its weeks of hard work and persuasion result in an un­ be available on a single-subscription will appear in the fall issue of The assessment of new applications. The HSUS's publication for precedented string of victories in the nation's capital. The basis. Instead, adults will subscribe HSUS News. We wish to thank those animal-control workers, Shelter Sense, increased its fr~- HSUS delivered testimony in both House and Senate Ap- for groups of children. A one-year sub- members who have supported Kind

16 The Humane Society News • Summer 1983 The Humane Society News • Summer 1983 17 experimental-use permit sought by the Environmental Pro­ Edward Taub of the Institute for Behavioral Research for Membership and General Public Information tection Agency for the lethal poison, Compound 1080; by cruelty and neglect of his research monkeys and actively working with other groups to halt the reregisteration of supported and assisted in the prosecution of a civil suit in Providing membership services to a wide-spread, active, 1080; and by strategic efforts to stop the practice. of denning federal court regarding those animals. The prosecution of and growing national membership is an important responsi­ of coyote pups. It made concerted efforts to halt a number Dr. Taub was complemented by a suit filed by The HSUS bility for The HSUS. Equally important is distributing infor­ of cruel, highly publicized events including the Idaho against the USDA for that agency's failure to enforce the mation on timely animal issues to the general public and na­ rabbit slaughter; the proposed Front Royal (Virginia) deer animal-care standards of the Animal Welfare Act in labora­ tional media. In 1982, The HSUS public information de­ hunt (which was stopped in time due to our efforts); the tories in general and at the Taub laboratory in particular. As partment distributed thirty-seven press releases on a variety Everglades (Florida) deer massacre; and the University of a result of that suit, USDA was prompted to revamp its of issues. The department also distributed 300 copies of a Wisconsin's experiments on crippled ducks. H initiated a laboratory inspection procedures. public service announcement to support local societies' ef­ program to monitor and stop abuses of the nation's na­ Among other actions at the state level, The HSUS insti­ forts to halt rodeo in their communities in conjunction with tional wildlife refuge system and successfully helped to tuted a suit in Florida attacking the constitutionality of a re­ The HSUS's campaign against rodeo cruelty. l prevent a deer hunt in the Loxahatchee (Florida) National cent legislative action that had lifted a previous prohibition Wildlife Refuge. It created and distributed model wildlife against racehorse drugging. Kind Program legislation to halt abuses of wildlife by wildlife managers and The HSUS and The American Horse Protection Asso­ Kind, The HSUS's well-known children's magazine, had a testified for reauthorization of the Endangered Species ciation sued the Department of the Interior in an attempt to productive year in 1982. It added new readers through a Act without significant weakening amendments. It contin­ halt its policy of automatically killing wild horses and burros successful cooperative outreach program in which humane ued its efforts to protect bobcats from exploitation and des­ deemed to be "excess." It also assisted the law firm challeng­ societies and educators were encouraged to distribute Kind truction for the fur trade. ing, on our behalf, the federal government's policies on subscription information to local children. Thousands of HSUS staff conducted sixty-six inspections of cap­ hunting of migratory birds. children gained an appreciation for animals through stories, tive wildlife facilities, including forty-eight zoo inspec­ The General Counsel's Office furnished legal guidance propriations Committees against a proposed cut of seventy poems, artwork, and crafts projects and, in addition, learned of tions, two aquarium visits, four circus inspeCtions, and and technical assistance throughout the year not only to percent in funding for the Animal and Plant Health Inspec­ the problems facing wild horses, seals, whales, and milk-fed twelve foreign inspections in 1982. The HSUS sent a packet other HSUS departments and regional offices but also to tion Service that would have virtually eliminated inspections veal calves. of information to 1,200 local humane societie~ instructing local humane societies and individuals upon request. It also of facilities covered by the Animal Welfare Act. These pro­ them in how to evaluate a circus, the laws prot~cting circus published interpretations and explanations of Internal posed cuts were eventually restored to the budget as a re­ Program Services and Cruelty Investigations animals, and steps they can take to remedy problems they Revenue Service rulings affecting the status of humane soci­ sult. Our factory farming legislation found fifteen cosponsors find. Wildlife staff worked for passage of two state bills eties operating so-called full-service veterinary clinics. in the House and support from thousands of HSUS mem­ The importance The HSUS places on cruelty investigations in the struggle to end animal abuse was evident in 1982. We affecting humane standards for exhibit animals and advised bers before pressure from agribusiness interests succeeded dozens of local government officials and humane societies Regional Programs and Services in forcing postponement of hearings. Vehement, desperate intensified our efforts to combat dogfighting and cock­ on the need for local ordinances covering wild and exotic The scope of the HSUS regional office network expanded opposition from medical and academic communities did not fighting in raids in Michigan, Ohio, and California. We animal pets. with the addition of a south-central area office serving keep legislation to raise the standards of care for laboratory were instrumental in seeing dogfighting upgraded from a The HSUS also conducted an investigation .of a Califor­ Alabama, Kentucky, Mississippi, and Tennessee. Working animals from being passed through a House of Represen­ misdemeanor to a felony in four states. nia animal trainer who, according to eyewitnesses, mis­ with state and local humane societies and animal-control tatives committee and introduced in the Senate. Constant, Our crusade to eliminate puppy mills continued to re­ treated two orangutans and a tiger, resulting in the deaths of agencies; organizing programs for public education; and meticulous work on the language of these bills yielded enor­ verberate throughout the pet trade and government agen­ two of the animals. We continued to work to improve the lot working for passage of improved anti-cruelty laws and en­ mous dividends in the form of increased respect for the cies. National network television repeatedly documented of animals used in entertainment by asking that a code forcement of existing laws were some of its goals, but its HSUS position from members of Congress. Horse racing the findings of our investigator that mass dog-breeding es­ of conduct be established and followed in any films utilizing primary task was operation of The HSUS's Animal Control hearings, only a dream in 1981, became a reality in both tablishments were often in violation of Animal Welfare Act animals. Academy in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. houses in 1982. A petition for rule-making on Animal Wel­ regulations on humane care. The New England Regional Office completed "Con­ fare Act regulations which would change the way research Our investigators testified repeatedly before House and The Institute for the Study fiscated," an educational filmstrip on the exploitation of pro­ facilities reported on painful experiments, introduced by our Senate subcommittees in support of the largely-HSUS­ tected wildlife in illegal trade. This HSUS office also worked government relations counsel, won support from other ani­ drafted legislation to prohibit the drugging of racehorses. of Animal Problems actively with several communities to ban exotic wild ani­ mal-welfare organizations and was positively reviewed by Tremendous opposition from the racing industry continued The HSUS's support of the Institute for the Study of Animal mals as pets and acted as host for a meeting of Connec­ U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) officials. The HSUS to influence representatives to vote against this legislation Problems, under the directorship of Dr. Michael Fox, and its also negotiated an agreement with USDA for reevaluation of despite the desperate need to regulate the scandal-ridden quarterly publication The International Journal for the Study ticut state officials, zoo administrators, legislators, and hu­ mane society managers on that subject. the puppy mills inspected originally by The HSUS wherein the activity. of Animal Problems has helped to establish within colleges, Legislative and investigative work highlighted the agency would provide The HSUS with reports on its findings With a renewed commitment to The HSUS's traditional universities, and research institutions a recognition of the Gulf States office's year. In Louisiana, The HSUS assisted in and prosecute violators. opposition to cruelty in rodeo, our organization pressured science and philosophy of animal welfare that is vital to the passage of anti-cruelty, dogfighting, and enabling-licensing A continued active commitment to the campaign to corporate sponsors to discontinue their support of rodeo struggle to improve animal health and well-being. end the Draize rabbit-blinding test, research into the pro- · events. A landmark was the formal approval and adoption This recognition, besides stimulating interest and dia­ legislation. In Oklahoma, it played a major role i1 formu­ lating and working for passage of the new anti-dogfighting curement of primates from the wild, and constant support of of a joint policy statement opposing rodeo by The HSUS logue within the academic community, also complements law and fought to convince the University of Oklahoma to the prosecution of Dr. Edward Taub in his second trial and and the American Humane Association. The HSUS's endeavors in the more traditional fields of hu­ abandon pound seizure as a method of obtaining research in the disposition of his research animals proved that The Attempts to weaken the Wild, Free-Roaming Horse mane education, legislation, and cruelty investigation. The animals. HSUS was second to none in its energetic pursuit of the and Burro Act have become annual threats to the well-being International Journal, the numerous speaking engagements The West Coast Regional Office provided comprehen­ cause of laboratory animals. of wild horses. Once again, The HSUS fought to keep and writings of Dr. Fox and former Associate Director An­ sive, on-site evaluations of six local humane societies Participation in the International Whaling Commission weakening amendments from being adopted by Congress. drew Rowan, the internships offered to students of animal meeting, involvement in the Law of the Sea Treaty, and ac­ problems from all over the world, and the expertise the in­ or animal-control agencies and inspected four other facilities in California, Idaho, and Nevada in 1982. It provided inval­ tive lobbying of the European Economic Community for a Wildlife and the Environment stitute offered the HSUS staff were, in 1982, of incal­ ban on import of harp seal pup products comprised an im­ The HSUS formed a new department in 1982 to deal with culatable value in promulgating the humane ethic. uable assistance on countless occasions to local governments in pressive installment in our long-term commitment to ma­ the major threats to captive and free-roaming wildlife. eight states seeking guidance on local ordinances, shelter plans, changes in regulations, and suggested laws. rine mammals. Under the direction of Vice President John Grandy, the Litigation and Legal Services The Great Lakes office offered workshops on investiga­ The HSUS News and the society's 150 other publica­ department immediately confronted the federal government The HSUS General Counsel's Office provided legal support tions, humane education, animal control, and regional is­ tions kept members and the general public alike informed in by offering testimony before Congress asking that funds for to the Maryland state authorities in their prosecution of Dr. detail on progress on the myriad issues facing animals in 1982. predator control be withheld; by attempting to halt the sues that attracted hundreds of participants during the year.

The Humane Society News • Summer 1983 19 18 The Humane Society News • Summer 1983 No Schweitzer's life from boyhood through his years of service Veal in equatorial Africa. Financial and technical assistance was given to the Peo­ UPDATE------~1 This ple for the Ethical Treatment of Animals which enabled that organization to pursue the case of Dr. Edward Taub. Meal The HSUS Wins 1080 Fight more importantly, livestock indus­ mal-welfare supporters saw some Gifts to Other ,Societies try efforts to return to the days of important victories. Capping an effort that began in the widespread poisoning of pred­ The conference voted to extend In 1982, The HSUS made substantial contributions to the November of 1981, The HSUS ju­ ators have been dealt a severe protections agreed to by the In­ Special Projects World Society for the Protection of Animals, an organization bilantly announced in April that blow. This decision by EPA, re­ ternational Whaling Commission working on animal-protection programs at the government The HSUS has always believed it important to respond to is­ the Environmental Protection Agen­ cently an unresponsive and un­ (see the Fall1982 HSUS News) to level throughout the world. Once again, we supported and sues requiring special staff or resource allocations. In 1982, cy (EPA) had canceled a permit al­ sympathetic agency, will save include all of the eighty-one coun­ participated in the Monitor, Inc., consortium of animal-wel­ the milk-fed veal campaign was such an issue. The • lowing the use of the deadly wildlife thousands of animals from inhu­ tries that are parties to the CITES fare and conservation groups designed to assist in the public awareness campaign begun in 1981 received exten­ poison Compound 1080 in response mane destruction this year alone, agreement. Four species of bottle­ development of coordinated positions on marine mammals sive publicity. The campaign generated interest in more to an HSUS lawsuit and adminis­ and, we hope, safeguard millions nosed whales and Brydes and minke and endangered species. We committed resources to an­ humane veal production methods within the veal industry and trative petition (see the Winter more in the years to come. whales were also given protection other important cooperative effort, The Coalition to End the resulted in the distribution of more than 300,000 "No Veal This 1983 HSUS News). The EPA or­ Can EPA have changed its fun­ for the first time. LD50, in which hundreds of groups fought to eliminate the Meal" cards to be left by patrons in restaurants. dered the U.S. Fish and Wildlife damental attitudes towards wild­ 'I~te U.S. and Canadian propos­ wasteful and out-moded toxicity testing of millions of labora­ HSUS activities in opposition to the annual harp seal Service, which had originally asked life and environmental protec­ al to remove protection for the tory animals annually. hunt in Canada included a rally on the steps of the nation's for the permit, to remove immed­ tion? We hope so. grizzly bear, wolf, bobcat, and capitol; the designation by Congress of March 1, 1983, as iately the 1,200 poison baits it river otter was defeated. national Day of the Seal; and the sale of tens of thousands Fund-raising had already set out in parts of Gratifying was the strong sup­ of "Club Sandwiches, Not Seals" t-shirts to our supporters The Humane Society of the United States funds its programs Montana, Idaho, and Texas. The Good With the Bad port given to conservation posi­ across the country. and expands its membership through direct-mail solicitations Said HSUS President John Hoyt, tions by nations such as the Gam­ In conjunction with other animal-welfare and humani­ describing its efforts on behalf of animal welfare and the "The EPA revocation stops the For two weeks in April, represen­ bia, Columbia, Nepal, The Federal tarian groups, The HSUS published Animals, Nature, and specific problems facing animals; public service announce­ legalized field use of Compound tatives from fifty-nine nations Republic of Germany, Indonesia, Albert Schweitzer, by Ann Cottrell Free, which traces Dr. ments in national magazines; and Close-Up Reports. 1080 in the United States. This is met in Botswana to debate the Australia, and India. a victory for the many species of fate of species protected by the The attempts by some African wildlife which would have become Convention on International Trade countries to remove protection Expenditures victims of 1080." in Endangered Species of Wild for the leopard, Nile crocodile, Financial Report: 1982 The HSUS can rejoice doubly in Fauna and Flora (CITES) (see the and African ivory were thwarted. Education Activities Litigation and Legal Operating Income and Expenditures this decision. Not only have the Spring 1983 When Services HSUS News). Both species will continue to be & Services lethal baits been removed from a 31.9% ~---4.2% the dust settled, The HSUS and included on Appendix I of the Income vast expanse of land but also, other animal-welfare groups at­ CITES convention. Restrictions tending the conference as non­ on ivory will continue. However, Membership Dues $ 721,570.00 Membership and Regional Programs General Public & Services governmental observers could take regulations prohibiting leopard Contributions 832,610.00 Information 10.8% pride in what they had achieved. trade were relaxed slightly to al­ Bequests 2,242,483.00 12.5% / The Botswana meeting provided sig­ low shipment of sixty to eighty Trust Income 353,320.00 nificant additional restrictions for animals a year from a few African Investment Income 286,370.00 "Kind"\ Special endangered and threatened species countries, to be used by private Publications and Materials 169,594.00 Program Projects and held the line on the most criti­ individuals for non-commercial pur­ cal aspects of wildlife protection. $4,605,947.00 3.6% 1------:4:-=:::::::;;;.--====J 1.8% poses. The HSUS and other non­ Program \Gifts to HSUS Vice President John Gran­ governmental observers were con­ Services & Other dy reported that non-governmen­ cerned that this slight change Expenditures Cruelty Societies tal observers from organizations would allow smuggling and resump­ all over the world formed a loose tion of the commercial trade in Education Activities & Services $1,130,471.00 Investigations .4% 5.1% coalition to lobby for the animal­ leopards. Membership and General Public Information 442,982.00 welfare and conservation positions The biggest loss of the conference Kind Program 126,354.00 they hoped would be adopted by was the failure to adopt interna­ Program Services & Cruelty Investigations 180,824.00 Environment voting members. On the animal-wel­ 5.8% ______tional protection for earless seals. Wildlife & Environment 205,039.00 fare agenda were critical issues in­ This failure can be laid at the door Institute for the Study of Animal Problems 190,519.00 volving leopards, elephant ivory, of the Canadian government, which Institute for the Study -~--< Fund-raising bobcats, lynx, seals, wolves, and sea Litigation and Legal Services 150,013.00 of Animal 4.6% generated strong political and Regional Programs and Services 385,990.00 Problems turtles. All humane groups were economic pressure and finally got Special Projects 65,794.00 5.4% concerned about what was essen­ its way. The HSUS and other ani­ tially the U.S. government dele­ Gifts to Other Societies 13,100.00 mal-welfare groups have had to gation's position, which was that make the vow to redouble their ef­ Administration & Management 493,650.00 *The Humane Society of the United States received a significant bequest in 1982. By board designation, these monies will be expended on a pro-rated protections for animals should be forts to protect seals next time. Fund-raising 164,513.00 basis for the Society's programs over the next five years. removed and trade in animal prod­ All in all, we won some battles $3,549,249.00 A victim of 1080 poisoning, this ucts increased. Fortunately, other and lost some, but the overwhelm­ The Humane Society of the United States meets the standards of the National Informa­ countries disagreed with the offi­ ing sense of pride and achievement Income over Expenditures* $1,056,698.00 tion Bureau. (WGG 6/1/83). Contributions to The HSUS are tax-deductible. golden eagle was found near Red Creek Rim in southwest Wyoming. cial U.S. line and, as a result, ani- must be strong. The Humane Society of the United States, 2100 L Street, NW, Washington, D.C. 20037

1983 20 The Humane Society News • Summer 1983 The Humane Society News • Summer 21 © 1983 Tribune Cempany Syndicate, Inc. Ali Rights Reserved I Anti-Hunter Harassment Legislation: ~ A Threat To All Americans

Imagine you are on a camping The Wildlife Legislative Fund drafted ing attorney would not have to prove ever, point to legal holes and to a summary trial in the trip. You meet some fellow campers a model bill designed specifically to that the disturbance affected a par­ a major Constitutional viola­ and strike up a conversation about choke the efforts of anti-hunters to ticular taking, but only that the per­ field and is a serious en­ tion in arguing their case: croachment upon due-process the wonderful wildlife you hope to protect wildlife during hunting sea­ son was engaged in an activity that It violates citizens' right see the next day. They reveal they son. This bill, however, is so prepos­ was intended to prevent the taking principles. of free speech. The right of It is unnecessary. If a are in the woods to hunt and kill terously broad that it effectively strips of wildlife. This would include buzzing free speech and demonstra­ these animals. Dismayed, you speak all non-hunting U.S. citizens of their with an airplane, ringing bells or fir­ hunter, trapper, or fisher­ tion is one of Americans' in­ man is physically prevented from your conscience and try to dis­ rights to enjoy the wilderness. This ing guns on the opening day of hunting alienable rights. To deny an­ suade them from killing. The next bill also, sadly enough, prevents law­ season to scare away animals, leav­ from taking his prey by an imal activists the right to individual, assault-and-bat­ thing you know, you are charged abiding humanitarians from follow­ ing human scents, baiting mark areas protest verbally to a hunter with violation of a law designed to ing their consciences during hunting for duck hunting, etc." tery or malicious mischief is to threaten the ultimate laws or civil actions for in­ protect the rights of hunters, trappers, season. These provisions slam the door on sanctity of the First Amend­ and fishermen. Although you have The drafting of this bill and its every non-hunter who wants to en­ terference already in effect ment for all U.S. citizens. No are capable of providing ade­ exercised your First Amendment right passage in the five states also show joy public parks and private lands other group of U.S. citizens of free speech, you could be legiti­ that hunters are taking the offen­ within hearing distance of hunting quate protection. These laws is so insulated from protest. exist to protect everyone­ mately prosecuted under the provi­ sive. In order to silence animal pro­ grounds. How can any visitor to a Hunters should not get such sion of a new law sweeping this coun­ tectionists, they propose legislation park keep from leaving "human scents" hunters and non-hunters alike. unprecedented privileges. The proponents of the anti­ try. In short, you illegally prevented so overwhelming it is like using a behind? What about people who in­ It is discriminatory. As the hunter from enjoying the outdoors sledgehammer to turn off a radio. hunter harassment legislation tentionally make noise in the woods currently written, the model legisla­ ,AND !:VeRY TIME A 1='/..0Cf< want extreme power to ban from their in the pursuit of his lawful activity. For example, the bill reads, "no per­ so that they won't be accidently shot tion is designed to protect the in­ FLEW OVER, f../E1J SiART hunting grounds all citizens they sus­ You are a lone backpacker. You son shall disturb another person who by a hunter? What about the animal terests of hunters, trappers, and WAVIN6 HIS ARMS AND pect will be troublesome. If their con­ don't know it is hunting season and is engaged in the lawful taking of a lovers who intentionally lure animals fishermen at the expense of all cerns were truly confined to physical you are hiking through a wildlife ref­ wild animal or who is engaged in the to their own land to offer them sanc­ others. If, for example, a hunter in Yet.LIN6, ''Look our; harassment, they would be content uge. As you approach a clearing, you process of taking, or to prevent such tuary from certain death at the hands Nevada was to discharge a gun and DUCk!ES, LOOk our/// with existing laws. marvel at the sight of a majestic person's enjoyment of the outdoors." of sportsmen? How is a person to know scare away someone else's targeted This type of bill is particularly in­ deer grazing in solitude. An explo­ Wording such as this places the when his presence or remarks might prey, that hunter probably would sidious because a pro-hunting state sion shatters the peace and the deer hunter in a privileged position far offend another? How is a person to not land in court, even though he legislature can quietly pass it with­ drops to the ground. What was once above non-hunters. In its accompa­ know he is in the presence of sports­ would technically be in violation of out stirring up controversy. Almost living is dead. Every instinct tells you nying comments, The Wildlife Legis­ men who have been afforded this spe­ this new law. But the peaceful hiker than the differences between hunters every state is considering this type to scream at the hunter now crashing lative Fund states that it would be il­ cial protection? What about group revolted by the gory death of deer and non-hunters. So would the courts, of bill; while the citizens keep abreast into the clearing to collect the prize. legal for a person to attempt to dis­ hikers who rely on whistles to keep would be legislatively robbed of his which could be filled with cases re­ of national events by scanning front­ But the hunter is armed, so you quiet­ rupt the hunt by "being present where in touch over long stretches of trail? voice to speak out against the waste lated to this legislation: hunters could page headlines, state laws such as ly walk away. The hunter, however, he is not wanted, calling [the hunter] And what about the humane hiker and violence. haul people to court for playing their this are passed and reported deep in­ notices your scorn and the pro-animal names, blocking his path, etc. By who absolutely cannot stand by and It offends criminal law procedure. radios too loudly, honking their car side the newspaper. The next thing badge on your backpack. Moments the definition of 'process of taking' silently watch a hunter take aim and Criminal laws are enforced by the horns, even for being in the vicinity you know, you could be arrested be­ later, you are arrested. You are charged in Section 1, this would include har­ fire? state, not by individuals. Generally, of animals! cause a hunter doesn't like your at­ with "preventing a hunter's enjoyment assment while he is camping or tra­ These are all lawful activities ren­ only the state has standing in court It is too broad. The model bill does titude. It is vital that citizens con­ of the outdoors." veling." Even the president of the dered unlawful by the deadly legisla­ to bring charges against a person ac­ not merely intend to stop someone cerned with losing their civil rights These stranger-than-fiction scenar­ United States himself must endure tive machinations of The Wildlife Leg­ cused of committing a crime. Much from interfering with a sportsman find out exactly what is happening ios are now possible in Arizona, Louisi­ name-calling and heckling on his islative Fund. There is no possible of the enforcement of this new law, while he is actually hunting, trapping, in their states before it is too late. ana, Vermont, Michigan, and Nevada. way to a meeting outside the White way anyone can measure and legis­ however, is placed in the hands of or fishing. It also protects the hunter The best defense is to keep an eye If the pro-hunting and pro-gun group House, but hunters can go their merry, late against the kind or the volume hunters themselves, who can direct­ from having his enjoyment "prevented" on your state legislature and active­ The Wildlife Legislative Fund has destructive way without interference of noise that would scare away ani­ ly bring actions in court for injunc­ during any time leading up to the ac­ ly fight the passage of any type of its way, the hunter's "enjoyment" from conscientious protesters. mals without violating the lawful tions and monetary damages against tual killing of an animal, while travel­ anti-hunter hara·ssment legislation. of the nation's wilderness will be pro­ The bill further states that "no rights of all U.S. citizens. those who violate the laws. Protesters ing to the hunting ground, camping, Even as this article was being pre­ tected throughout all fifty states-at person shall disturb a wild animal or Since these states have already would thus be stripped of the impor­ and preparing to kill his prey. pared, Nevada passed its anti-hunter the cost of wildlife, anti-hunter acti­ engage in an activity or place any dignified versions of this model bill tant protection, customary in crimi­ It ignores the right to due process. harassment legislation. Don't let the vists, and every U.S. citizen who de­ object or substance that will tend to by making them law, defendants nal law, of having a government at­ The bill gives police officers the hunters and hunting industry take fends the First Amendment right to disturb or otherwise affect the be­ brought before the courts on charges torney decide whether a case is seri­ broad power to prevent persons from away your rights to enjoy the na­ free speech. havior of a wild animal, with intent of offending the delicate sensibilities ous enough to warrant prosecution. ever entering public lands and to stop tion's wilderness, to appreciate liv­ Operating under the assumption to prevent or hinder its lawful tak­ of hunters could not successfully de­ It is frivolous. State politicians otherwise lawful activity if they sus­ ing wildlife, and to express your that wildlife belongs entirely to them ing.'' The Wildlife Legislative Fund fend themselves by saying absurd would seem to have far more press­ pect that such persons might be intend­ moral outrage when you see a hunter during hunting season, members of explains this meaning: "The prosecut- laws aren't valid. They could, how- ing issues to resolve in the legislature ing to disrupt hunting. This amounts aim to take the life of an animal. 22 The Humane Society News • Summer 1983 The Humane Society News • Summer 1983 23 1983 Annual Conference of The Humane Society of the United States Going Wild for an Afternoon

On Saturday, October 15, a limited of the fourteen African species now number of HSUS conference living on the property. Buses will participants will have the unique return to the Americana Hotel by opportunity to tour a privately 7:00 p.m. If you are physically able owned wildlife preserve where zoo to enjoy a rugged (and probably hot) animals are raised and rehabilitated afternoon of sightseeing by truck, for eventual reintroduction into the consider this opportunity to learn wild. Approximately fifty people will and unwind during this special leave Fort Worth at 2:00 p.m. and excursion. Details of the trip to the travel by bus to the Waterfall Ranch Waterfall Ranch will come to you in an hour away. There, they will tour your package of material after you the ranch's 1,500 acres and see most register for the conference.

October 12-15, 1983 Americana Hotel Fort Worth, Texas

After an absence of eight years, The Downtown Fort Worth, an area HSUS's Annual Conference returns alive with new growth and old his­ to the southwest in 1983. This year, tory, offers conference participants the conference begins with a sophisticated entertainment, pre-conference symposium on outstanding cultural activities, and Wednesday, October 12, sponsored colorful reminders of the Wild West. jointly by The Institute for the Study A special post-conference excursion of Animal Problems and the (see opposite page) will offer a National Association for the front-row seat for the drama of Advancement of Humane Education, endangered species' struggle to which will explore the interrelation­ survive in the wild. ships among animals, education, and How important can these days the development of empathy. in October be? For the dedicated Conference program moderator HSUS member or humane society Amy Freeman Lee and keynote staff person, they can comprise one speaker John A. Hoyt will be joined of the most valuable and rewarding by Richard Morgan, national learning experiences of this or any coordinator of the Mobilization for other year. Study the conference Animals, Marilyn E. Wilhelm, director program on the following pages and of The Wilhelm Schole, Fort Worth, make plans to join us in Fort Worth and Michael Fox as conference in October. A new conference speakers. Presentation of the Joseph format compresses formal presenta­ Wood Krutch Award to an tions, workshops, entertainment, and outstanding humanitarian will business into two and one-half days highlight banquet festivities Friday instead of three. evening, October 14. A small group of conference participants will have the opportunity to see a unique new wildlife preservation program in action at the Waterfall Ranch outside Fort Worth on Saturday, October 15.

Americana Hotel Room Rates for the Conference are: Single, $50; Double, $60; Triple, $70; Quadruple, $80.

24 The Humane Society News • Summer 1983 The Humane Society News • Summer 1983 25 2:00 p.m.-3:30p.m. 1:30 p.m.-3:00p.m. 3:30 p.m.-5:00p.m. 7:30p.m. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 11 Workshops Workshops Workshops Annual Awards Banquet 1. Laboratory Animals: Strategies 1. Farm Animal Welfare: Personal 1. Puppy Industry: From Puppy John A. Hoyt, master of HSUS 1983 7:30 p.m.-9:00 p.m. and Procedures for Change Choices That Make a Difference Mill to Pet Shop ceremonies Registration ANNUAL Dr. John McArdle Dr. Michael W. Fox Phyllis Wright, Bob Baker Presentation of certificates of 2. Animal Shelter ABCs: Humane 2. Pound Seizure: Issues and 2. Legislation: Guidelines for appreciation CONFERENCE Sheltering Answers Affecting State Laws Presentation of Joseph Wood SCHEDULE Phyllis Wright Ann Church, Dr. John McArdle Ann Church Krutch Medal WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12 3. Lobbying: Avoiding Legal 3. Wildlife Refuges: Who Are 3. Predator Control: Eliminating 8:00a.m. Problems with the Government They For? Trapping and Poisoning Registration Roger Kindler Guy Hodge, Nina Austenberg Dr. John Grandy 4. Roadside Zoos: Action Against 4. Animal Euthanasia: The Human 4. Horse and Dog Racing: 9:30 a.m.-5:30p.m. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 15 Pre-conference Symposium: Can Unprofessional Exhibitors Stress Factor Focusing on the Cruelties Sue P~essman, Bernie Weller Love Be Taught? Empathy, Bill Smith, AI Jackson Bob Baker, Marc Paulhus 9:30a.m. 5. Newsletters: Improving Your Animals and Education 5. Improving Your Organization: 5. Improving Your Organization: Resolutions Committee Report Best Communication Device Kathy Savesky, director of Basic Management Principles Basic Management Principles Annual Meeting of HSUS Members Deborah Salem NAAHE, program moderator Session I. Session II. President's report Morning: 3:30p.m. A. Organizational Structure A. Membership Development Treasurer's report A. Address by Dr. Michael W. Fox, Coffee Break B. Board of Directors B. Public Relations Elections committee report director of The Institute for 4:00 p.m.-5:30p.m. Carroll Thrift Carroll Thrift Elections to nominating committee the Study of Animal Problems Workshops 3:00p.m. 6:30p.m. Adjournment of B. Presentation of papers by 1. Humane Education: Introducing Coffee Break Reception Cash Bar conference experts in child development, the New Kind News empathy, and education Kathy Savesky Afternoon: 2. Kosher Slaughter: Progress Consecutive panel discussions about Toward Eliminating Shackling A. Education toward empathy, and Hoisting from the grade school to the William Redding ------university level 3. Animal-Welfare Politics: To Be B. The political and social Effective, You Must Be Political implications of humane Patricia Forkan, Dr. John Grandy REGISTRATION FORM education 4. Rodeo: Challenging the Cruelty 4:00 p.m.-6:30 p.m. Marc Paulhus, William Meade 1983 Annual Conference Name ------;-----:-:------­ Registration 5. Investigations: Techniques and please print The Humane Society 8:00p.m. Procedures of the United States Address ------Reception/Get Acquainted Social Frantz Dantzler Cash Bar 8:30p.m. State _____ Zip ____ Film Festival City·------Films presented by Marty Stouffer, Marty Stouffer Complete and return this form with Please Cost Productions Limited THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13 payment to HSUS Conference, Check Per Person Total 2100 L Street, NW, Washington, 8:00a.m. D.C. 20037. Registration Entire HSUS Annual Conference $50 $ 9:00a.m. A hotel registration form will be Includes pre-conference symposium, daily "All One Family" Tone Poem mailed upon receipt of this form. meetings, workshops, and banquet. (Select meal Opening Remarks FRIDAY, OCTOBER 14 You must make reservations direct­ and indicate number of people.) Dr. Amy Freeman Lee, program 8:00a.m. ly with the hotel prior to Sept. 11, moderator Registration 1983. Vegetarian Non-Vegetarian Coleman Burke, chairman, Board 9:00a.m. of Directors Daily Registration $20 per day $ Address Please circle day(s): Wed. Thurs. Fri.* 9:45a.m. "Humane Ethics for Agriculture *Banquet not included. Keynote Address and Culture" John A. Hoyt, president Dr. Michael W. Fox, HSUS Banquet Only, Friday Evening $20 $ 10:30 a.m. scientific director (Select meal and indicate number of people.) Coffee Break 10:00 a.m. If registration is for more than one Vegetarian Non-Vegetarian Coffee Break 11:00 a.m. person, please list additional names. Address 10:30 a.m. Richard Morgan, national Address Total enclosed $ coordinator, Mobilization for Marilyn E. Wilhelm, director, The ALL ONE (Make checks payable to The HSUS; Animals Wilhelm Schole U.S. funds only.) Noon-2:00 p.m. Noon-1:30 p.m. FAMILY Book Sale Book Sale 26 The Humane Society News • Summer 1983 The Humane Society News • Summer 1983 27 Call for Halt to Clubbing Newly Introduced Community Development Act of Long, H.R. 1797 needs only five 1983 (S. 1338). This bill is now more cosponsors from the Health In a lengthy document addressed Rep. James J. Howard has in­ awaiting action on the Senate and Environment subcommittee to the Department of Commerce, troduced legislation that would es­ floor. before hearings can be conducted. The HSUS called for an indefinite tablish a special commission to in­ To indicate your support for the Write to your congressmen and end to seal clubbings on the Pribi­ vestigate the effects of modern pets-in-housing amendment, write urge them to support H.R. 1797 lof Islands in Alaska beginning farm animal production on human your senators and let them know and help eliminate steel-jaw traps this summer. Since 1911, several health and possibly result in dras­ you support S. 606 as an amend­ in the United States! treaties among Japan, Canada, tic improvements in the way farm ment to the Housing and Commu­ Russia, and the United States animals will be treated in the nity Development Act of 1983. Ac­ Sen. Robert Dole has introduced have managed commercial seal kills on the islands. The most recent Sen. Lowell Weicker (second from right) receives a certificate of appreciation from future. tion may take place any day, so S. 657, a bill which would amend HSUS President John A. Hoyt (second from left) and HSUS Vice President Pa­ The HSUS supports the bill write soon! the Animal Welfare Act of 1966 treaty, the Interim Convention on the Conservation of North Pacific tricia Forkan for his work on behalf of seals as musician winner Paul Winter (H.R. 3170), which would man­ to greatly improve protection for looks on. date a twelve-member study The HSUS is supporting H.R. millions of laboratory animals in Fur Seals, is due for renegotiation group to investigate the adverse 1797, the strongest trapping bill the United States. The bill would in 1984. effects of intensive high-technology now before the House. set up stricter guidelines to re­ Although The HSUS has histori­ farming with its attendant over­ It would make it illegal to duce pain and suffering during ex­ cally been against the annual seal President to President government established a quota crowding in dark quarters and transport steel-jaw, leghold traps perimentation; stop, or at least clubbings in Alaska, recent popu­ of three million to be hunted and In a May 10, 1983, letter, HSUS wanton use of human antibiotics in interstate and foreign com­ greatly reduce, the number of plans lation figures showing that seals killed, often in an incredibly cruel in the feed. Please write to your merce or to ship or receive furs for painful research projects be­ on the islands are dropping five to President John A. Hoyt asked manner, each year. This quota is, congressman and ask him to co­ that have been obtained through fore they begin; and set up an ani­ ten percent yearly make absolute~ President Ronald Reagan to stop in reality, doubled by poachers permanently the importation of sponsor the Howard bill. Please the use of the trap. Destroying the mal-studies committee which would ly urgent and necessary a total ces­ whose concern for humane slaugh­ also write to Rep. Howard to legal market for the furs strikes a include someone outside the facil­ sation of the hunt. kangaroo products into the United ter may not be so pressing as their thank him for taking on this im­ blow at use of the trap by making ity to represent animal-welfare con­ A May meeting in the HSUS li­ States. This letter was sent in greed for a quick profit. reaction to news that the U.S. De­ portant issue. it unprofitable. The bill provides cerns. Unfortunately, this bill, vir­ brary with other animal-welfare Kangaroo hides are used in the partment of Interior was petition­ for punishment ranging from 1,000 tually identical to the bill Sen. Dole organizations and Carmen Blon­ United States to make athletic Sen. William Proxmire's bill on dollars for the first offense up to introduced last year, no longer in­ din, U.S. commissioner to the In­ ed by Australia to remove from the shoes and other sporting goods pets in housing (S. 606) was 5,000 dollars and/or two years in cludes provisions encouraging the ternational North Pacific Fur Seal U.S. endangered species list three and stuffed toy koala bears. The adopted as an amendment to a prison for subsequent offenses. development of research alterna­ Commission, saw us reiterate our species of kangaroos and to allow meat is served in restaurants specializing in exotic menus. In much larger bill, the Housing and Introduced by Rep. Clarence D. tives. stand on fur seal hunts and en­ permanently the importation of courage the U.S. government to kangaroo products into the United order to provide these nonessen­ approach a new convention with States. tials, the United States imports the attitude of protecting the Although population estimates about twenty-five percent of the North Pacific fur seal rather than vary from ten million to sixty estimated six million kangaroos slaughtering it. million kangaroos, the Australian hunted and killed each year. Behind-the-Scenes Saga researchers, psychiatrists, pharma­ be swayed either way. Only one A fierce battle has been waged ceutical company presidents, uni­ more was needed to protect labo­ in the House of Representatives versity deans, medical school ratory animals. Rep. Matthew Ri­ over whether the National Insti­ chairmen, and even representatives naldo suggested a compromise by his farm bill to study the practices committee, for holding hearings tutes of Health (NIH) authoriza­ from the Farm Bureau Federation including Rep. Madigan's amend­ Capitol Appreciation of intensive confinement systems. at the end of the ninety-seventh tion for the next three years will and National Cattlemen's Asso­ ments to the authorization along We at The HSUS would like to Congress on laboratory animal is­ protect laboratory animals or the ciation. More than sixty groups with Rep. Walgren's provisions. send our thanks to the following • Rep. Henry A. Waxman of Ore­ sues and for shepherding the lab cruel treatment of research ani­ comprised the strong anti-animal­ Moments later, when the vote three congressmen and their staffs gon, chairman of the health sub- animal provisions attached to his mals will continue while a time­ welfare lobby. was recorded on the compromise, on Capitol Hill who have devoted wasting study is conducted. The HSUS lobby worked days, the result was twenty-two to nine­ much time and energy to pressing National Institutes of Health bill This epic battle has two pri­ nights, and weekends to fend off teen in favor of laboratory animal animal-welfare issues: this year. He has been aggressive mary figures-Rep. Doug Wal­ this united offense. HSUS grass­ protection, and another close brush • Rep. Doug Walgren of Penn­ and outspoken on the behalf of lab­ gren, supporter of laboratory ani­ roots support from our members with disaster had been survived. sylvania for introducing and se­ oratory animals. mal protection, and Rep. Edward helped to counter a massive blitz The HSUS is preparing for a curing amendments to the Nation­ Madigan, who, embraced by all by industry "big guns." Commit­ floor fight when the NIH authori­ al Institutes of Health budget au­ the opponents of legislation for tee staff and congressmen them­ zation comes up for a final vote in thorization for the funding of al­ laboratory animals, has pushed selves needed help and informa­ mid-June. This time, we face the ternatives and the increased pro­ Any member of the Senate may for legislation that would man­ tion from their animal-welfare full House of Representatives, ten tection of laboratory animals (see be reached c/o The U.S. Senate, date the study. Before the story constituents to defend the votes times the size of the committee. article on opposite page). Washington, D.C. 20510. Any was over, additional characters for animals they wanted to cast. At least we now know we must • Rep. Jim Howard of New Jersey representative may be reached from far and wide made their ap­ Finally, there came a crucial prepare for the opposition's hard for his helpful support on the lab c/o The House of Representa­ pearance-physicians, biomedical moment when several votes could and, at times, unfair campaign. animal issue and for introducing Rep. Doug Walgren tives, Washington, D.C. 20515.

28 The Humane Society News • Summer 1983 The Humane Society News • Summer 1983 29 game hunters! Since the guided parks in Alaska, is central to the such lands. To downgrade, for the One Voice Raised sport hunting that would be legal­ real issue.'' first time, the status of some of ized by S. 49 costs a minimum of The WLF A disagreed. "This is our national parklands so that a Four days after the nationwide several thousand dollars per trip, the first time Congress has been small group might increase anal­ Mobilization for Animals rallies, the legislation is obviously de­ faced with a yes-or-no vote on ready ample opportunity to pur­ HSUS scientific experts were the signed to benefit only a very few, hunting attitude," it told its sue its hobby would make a tra­ only animal-welfare representa­ very rich trophy hunters at the ex­ members in a legislative update vesty of the whole concept upon tives to testify against primate pense of the rest of us. earlier this spring. "In the new which our national parks are based centers before subcommittees in It seems clear that the WLF A Alaska National Hunting Bill... and would set a dangerous pre­ HSUS Director of Laboratory Animal Welfare John McArdle (seated facing plat­ the House and Senate on Capitol intended S. 49 to pit hunters there is no change in the prohibi­ cedent." Hill. In the testimony, which was form) gave testimony in April on primate center funding before the House of Representatives Appropriations Committee. against anti-hunters, but it didn't tions of drilling, mining, cutting." Despite all the arguments against essentially identical for both count on antagonizing nearly all Yet even that argument failed the bill, the full committee will houses, The HSUS urged Congress the major environmental and con­ them during the hearing. Sen. probably give S. 49 a favorable re­ to close two of the nation's re­ tality rates, and geographic re­ substances (ignoring the available servation groups. These groups, Stevens threatened the subcom­ port to the full Senate, perhaps by gional primate research centers dundancy.'' clinical data), drug and alcohol including The Sierra Club, The mittee that if it did not pass this the time you read this. It is im­ (PRCs) and to reallocate their The primate research centers abuse (again ignoring the clinical National Audubon Society, and legislation, "the next bill I in­ perative that you contact your funding to promote the develop­ were established to make avail­ data), and unending series of per­ The Wilderness Society, all testi­ troduce will include logging, min­ senators to urge them to vote ment of new alternative technolo­ able to U.S. scientists special envi­ mutations of experimental psy­ fied against the legislation, rec­ ing, oil and gas leasing, and other against S. 49, known as the Alas­ gies for biomedical research. ronments required for biomedical chological protocols.'' ognizing it as a threat to the com­ things. We will use this as our ka National Hunting Bill. You In their testimonies, Dr. John studies using primates, said the In their conclusions, Drs. McArdle promise reached with the passage springboard to get to the other should also write to your U.S. rep­ E. McArdle, director of laborato­ HSUS experts. and Fox urged that the role of the of ANILCA, and that downgrad­ things [in ANILCA] that bother resentative to urge him/her to ry animal welfare, and Dr. Mi­ "For over twenty years," said PRCs be changed to national ing the status of national parks us.'' vote against H.R. 1493 (compan­ chael W. Fox, scientific director Drs. McArdle and Fox, "the PRCs centers for the development of for a single interest group would "Surveys have repeatedly shown ion legislation introduced by Alas­ of The HSUS's scientific arm, have failed to perform as originally alternative technologies. This, set a dangerous precedent. "The that the American public favors ka Rep. Don Young). Hunters have The Institute for the Study of intended. Several hundred million they said, "would allow them to important thing for the commit­ the existence of lands (and their plenty of land on which to hunt, Animal Problems, called for the dollars have been wasted support­ finally act as a valuable resource tee to know is that the Alaska Na­ resident populations of wildlife) but Alaska is one of the last re­ phasing out of the Oregon and ing such cruel and scientifically for the nation's biomedical com­ tional Hunting Bill is not a hunt­ where no intervention by humans maining areas where wildlife pop­ Delta Regional Primate Research unjustifiable projects as toxicity munity and the taxpayers of the ing issue at all. It is a national park is allowed," stated HSUS Presi­ ulations may live truly unmo­ Centers for reasons of "relative in­ testing of substances already in United States; a role they have issue,'' former Interior Secretary dent John Hoyt in written testi­ lested by man. We owe it to fu­ accessibility, high disease and mor- long-term use or previously banned consistently failed to play." Cecil Andrus told the subcommit­ mony submitted to the subcom­ ture generations to preserve our tee. ''The integrity of the entire mittee. "In Alaska, as probably Alaska national parks in as pris­ national park system, not just nowhere else on earth, we have tine a condition as possible.

Showdown on Alaska Lands nated national park preserves, not to permit it .... To the American The HSUS is one of a host of managed identically to national hunter, the prohibition of hunting animal-welfare and conservation parks except that sport hunting [on the national parklands created groups that submitted testimony within their confines is allowed. by ANILCA] is at best an error, in opposition to legislation de­ Passage of ANILCA repre­ and, at worst, a permanent monu­ signed to allow sport hunting on sented a major compromise among ment to the success of the anti­ twelve million acres of Alaskan conservationists, animal-welfare hunting movement." The Needs Of Animals national parkland. S. 49, intro­ groups, logging, mining, and devel­ The 91.5 percent of Alaska open duced by Alaska Sen. Ted Stev­ opment interests, and hunters (see to sport hunting covers an area Will Continue Long After ens, has been called a "showdown the Winter 1981 HSUS News). equal to the total land base of with anti-hunters" by The Wild­ Now, however, the hunters want nineteen eastern states. Statistics You Are Gone life Legislative Fund of America to shatter that compromise with from Alaska's Department of Fish (WLFA), the vote upon which "will their claim that the more than and Game indicate that more than Unfortunately, man's cruelty and irresponsibility to animals will foretell hunting's future." ninety percent of all of Alaska's ninety percent of the habitat for not end during your lifetime. But a bequest through your will The vast acreage now threatened land now open to sport hunting three of the four primary trophy will be a lasting contribution to the fight against these abuses. was permanently closed to sport isn't enough. Daniel Galbreath, animals (brown/grizzly bears, cari­ The HSUS will send you a booklet without obligation on how hunting in 1980, when Congress chairman of the WLF A, the ma­ bou, and moose) is currently open to to make the best use of your animal-welfare bequest. It enacted the Alaska National In­ jor backer of the bill, told the sport hunters (77.5 percent of the contains information on selecting recipients and describes how terest Lands Conservation Act Senate Subcommittee on Public range of the fourth-the Dall sheep to proceed when you decide to write or change your will. (ANILCA) after a four-year-long Lands and Reserved Water that -is open). Finally, statistics com­ debate. The act created twenty­ "The principle we stand for here piled by The Sierra Club indicate Write in complete confidence to: four-and-one-half million acres of today is that hunting is a right, a that out-of-state big-game hunters Murdaugh Stuart Madden, Vice President/General Counsel, national parks in which sport hunt­ privilege, and is good, if properly who pursued animals in Alaska The Humane Society of the United States, ing is prohibited. An additional managed, and should be permit­ amounted to only .07 percent of 21 00 L Street, NW, nineteen million acres were desig- ted unless there is a sound reason the total U.S. population of big- Washington, DC 20037.

31 30 The Humane Society News • Summer 1983 The Humane Society News • Summer 1983 DIVISION AROUnD REPORTS THE REGIOnS

Seminars, Testimony, Television Debates Head the List of ISAP Activities HSUS regional offices can sup­ In March, Institute for the Study debate the use of primates in bio­ man Services. He urged the closure Great Lakes ply local humane societies with a Gulf States of Animal Problems Director Dr. medical research with Dr. Frederick of the Delta and Oregon regional disaster relief plan for emergen­ Michael W. Fox lectured before King, director of Yerkes Primate primate centers and a rigorous re­ cies. Regional Director Sandy Row­ VVorkshop Success audiences from Virginia Federation Center and on CBS (Canada) Eve­ appraisal of the care of laboratory land (HSUS/725 Haskins Street, Disaster Strikes Bowling Green, Ohio 43402) will The two-day meeting and work­ of Humane Societies and the an­ ning News to debate University of primates and relevance of primate shop sponsored by the Gulf States nual meeting of the national student Illinois animal scientist Dr. Stanley research to human health and pre­ Quick work by the Great Lakes be happy to assist organizations in the Great Lakes region. Regional Office in Tulsa, Oklaho­ chapter of the American Veterinary Curtis on the pros and cons of farm ventive health care (see the Fed­ Regional Office saved a number ma, in March was a tremendous Medical Association at Michigan animal welfare. Dr. Curtis went eral Report in this issue). In May, of animal victims of a killer Staff Speaks in Three States success. More than ninety people State University, East Lansing. In so far as to state that there is no Dr. Fox spoke at the Cincinnati tornedo that hit the Bowling from four states participated. April, Dr. Fox gave a seminar on scientific evidence that crate-raised League for Animal Welfare and the Green, Ohio, area in May. Within The regional staff was active State Rep. Steve Sills spoke at animal rights and farm animal wel­ veal calves are harmed by not being Ontario Humane Society's annual two hours of the storm, which left throughout the spring in pro­ the meeting about Oklahoma's fare at Delaware Valley Agricultur­ able to walk, a view The HSUS dis­ conference. He also led a workshop one person dead and nearly 100 grams for animal-control and hu­ pound seizure bill, H.B. 1159 (see mane society professionals. In al College and addressed the pri­ putes. On April 29, Dr. Fox testi­ at the HSUS Animal Control Aca­ families homeless, HSUS staff the Spring 1983 HSUS News). The March, Investigator Tim Greyhav­ mate mobilization demonstration fied before the Senate Committee demy on applied ethology and ani­ and Wood County Humane Soci­ vote on that measure has been post­ ens helped to organize and con­ in Atlanta, Georgia. He appeared on Appropriations and Subcom­ mal-welfare science. ety employee Kris Grubaugh were poned until January of 1984 to duct a two-day seminar for Ohio on the CBS-TV Morning News to mittee on Labor, Health, and Hu- helping law enforcement officials give animal-welfare organizations humane officers. In May, Direc­ reunite lost pets with their own­ more time to convince their rep­ tor Rowland and Mr. Greyhavens ers. In one heartwarming rescue, resentatives to support this im­ spoke at the annual conference of three of four tiny kittens that had portant proposal. been separated from their mother the Wisconsin Federated Humane NAAHE Recognizes Special Educators during the storm were nursed by Societies. And, in mid-May, there­ Five for Texas HSUS staff member Barb Mat­ gional office was host to another Five bills affecting animals are Spring activities for The HSUS's Also in April, N AAHE Direc­ thews until the mother was found very successful Animal Control currently under consideration in National Association for the Ad­ tor Kathy Savesky presented an searching the rubble for her Academy session at the University Texas, the most active state in vancement of Humane Education HSUS Certificate of Appreciation babies the next day. The animal­ of Michigan at Ann Arbor. Stu­ the region in this legislative ses­ (NAAHE) included the presentation to Dr. Gregory Topolie, a veteri­ rescue team never gave up hope of dents from seven states heard in­ sion. H.B. 516 and S.B. 557 would of awards to a teacher and a veter­ narian from Oshawa, Ontario, in finding the last kitten and, four structors from The HSUS, The Uni­ make dogfighting a felony; S.B. inarian who have succeeded in recognition of his extensive efforts days later, it was found alive in versity of Michigan, the Michigan 504 would create standards for all state police, health officials, making humane education an im­ to introduce humane education in­ the crush of debris, to be reunited animal shelters in the state; H.B. portant part of the education pro­ to Ontario schools. For the past with the rest of the storm-tossed veterinarians, and others during the 1887 and S.B. 1346 would license . .. family. two-week program. cess in their communities. several years, Dr. Topolie has tak­ .,. .. commercial dog kennels; H.B . In April, NAAHE announced the en time from his practice to visit ' . 1911 and S.B. 1347 would set selection of Cynthia Crawford, a local schools, assist school officials .' .. standards for stables; and H.B. kindergarten teacher at the Moa­ in the development of a humane 1771 would prohibit live lures nalua Elementary School in Ho­ education curriculum, and serve from being used in training racing nolulu as this year's recipient of as a volunteer science consultant greyhounds. Gulf States Investi­ the National Humane Education for the Durham Board of Educa­ gator Bernie Weller testified before Teacher of the Year award. Ms. tion. His efforts have resulted in the Texas House of Representa­ Crawford works with students at the adoption of major portions of tives in favor of its version of the all levels to promote the develop­ NAAHE's People & Animals: A dogfighting proposal. ment of a humane ethic. She also Humane Education Curriculum does volunteer work for the humane Guide as part of the mandatory Unnecessary Roughness education and pet-facilitated ther­ science curriculum in the fourth, Over the past months, Inspec­ apy programs of the Hawaiian Hu­ fifth, and sixth grades in his com­ tor Weller has visited a number of mane Society and has developed munity. In addition, he is respon­ livestock auction barns in the and distributed materials to assist sible for introducing the curricu­ region. As a result, Director Bill her co-workers to integrate humane lum guide and other humane edu­ Meade has sent letters to 160 education into their teaching cur­ cation materials to educators and Mr. E.R. Champion of the Hawaiian barns in Texas warning them to ricula. Cathy Goeggel, humane edu­ animal-welfare personnel through­ Humane Society acknowledges Ms. police their operations or be cation director for the Hawaiian out Canada. Cindy Crawford as NAAHE Humane prepared for legal prosecution. At Humane Society, made the official Ms. Savesky presented the cer­ Education Teacher of the Year in May. most of the facilities Mr. Weller presentation to this outstanding ed­ tificate to Dr. Topolie while in inspected, handlers routinely and ucator during the observance of Be Oshawa to conduct humane educa­ Great Lakes Regional Director Sandy Rowland (right) comforts an animal vic­ mercilessly beat animals as they Kind to Animals Week. tion workshops for local teachers. tim of the devastating storm that hit Ohio this spring. were being loaded, unloaded, or moved through the sale arena.

32 The Humane Society News • Summer 1983 The Humane Society News • Summer 1983 33 radio stations, and one television been passed favorably out of com­ bill, which was defeated at the port A.B. 2024, as, of course, does Mid-Atlantic station. mittee. end of the legislative session. S.B. The HSUS. HSUS awards of appreciation HSUS Vice President John Gran­ West Coast 883 has passed the state senate fi­ were presented by HSUS Presi­ dy testified at the controversial nance committee but will face stiff Pets and Elderly Passes Az. dent John Hoyt to Assemblyman hearing, arguing against trappers' opposition from the University of State Sen. Greg Lunn should be Dean Gallo for his work in devel­ "same tired excuse" that trapping Four Cal. Bills California and the California Vet­ congratulated on the passage of Problems Solved oping and passing a low-cost spay/ is necessary for rabies prevention. Assemblyman Charles Calde­ erinary Medical Association, his bill to keep public housing neuter program in New Jersey Since the trapping ban bill was ron has introduced a bill which among others, on both sides of the projects from prohibiting pets for One hundred and thirty people and to Pennsylvania Representa­ introduced, the Mid-Atlantic of­ would allow bloodless bullfight­ house. elderly tenants (see the Spring from seven states attended a two­ tive James Greenwood for spon­ fice has documented more than ing if a city or county ordinance A.B. 1548 would remove 110 1983 HSUS News). This bill was in­ day workshop, "Solving Animal soring the "Pennsylvania dog 1,000 cases of mutilated, non­ permitted it. As the California years of protection for the state's troduced in the Arizona legislature Problems in Your Community," law," which updated animal-con­ target wildlife and domestic ani­ state law now stands, bloodless bighorn sheep population. Every as a result of a meeting on compan­ in Cherry Hill, N.J., in April. The trol laws in that state. mals caught in steel-jaw, leghold bullfighting is prohibited unless year, hunters attempt to get a ion animals for the elderly held workshop, sponsored by the Mid­ traps, some on their owners' own it is part of a religious festival (see shot at this magnificent species, last year. West Coast Regional Di­ Atlantic Regional Office in con­ Trapping Bill Advances property. HSUS New Jersey mem­ the Winter 1982 HSUS News). If and 1983 is no different. However, rector Char Drennon was a speaker junction with the Animal Welfare bers are urged to write to their this bill passed, fight promoters this year, hunters do have the at that meeting. Thanks go to all Association of Camden, New Jer­ For the second time in ten assembly members in support of would no longer have to prove state fish and game department's of the HSUS members who helped sey, received extensive media cov­ years, a bill to ban the steel-jaw, A.B. 3207. their spectacles had religious sig­ so-called herd adjustment to look the bill on its way. erage by twenty newspapers, twelve leghold trap in New Jersey has nificance, and local jurisdictions forward to, a plan which would al­ could give them permission to low hunting, with or without the May Workshop New York Members stage them. The West Coast Re­ bill. The HSUS West Coast Region­ Take Note! gional Office has sent an alert to A bill to outlaw the use of ni­ al Office hosted a two-day "Solv­ California members to oppose this trogen chambers for euthanasia ing Animal Problems in Your Com­ S.B. 2888 and A.B. 3626 pro­ bill. by animal shelters and animal­ munity Workshop" in May. John hibit animal fighting and penalize Pound seizure is an important control facilities has passed the Hoyt, Phyllis Wright, Dr. John Gran­ anyone guilty of staging such an issue again this year. State Sen. water, parks, and wildlife commit­ dy, and Kathy Savesky represented act up to 25,000 dollars and/or up David Roberti has introduced a tee. Most state animal shelters The HSUS and shared their ex­ to one year in prison. Both bills new, tougher version of last year's and animal-control agencies sup- pertise with the participants. are being held up in committee and urgently need support. Please write your representatives and ask that they get behind this leg­ islation! der those statutes. Cockfighting tives for help. Investigator Bob Other State News was, therefore, legal. Baker described before the Mary­ Cockfighters were jubilant. They land legislature his undercover ex­ finally had a legal base in a highly periences at fights: the agony of populated northeastern state from the animals involved, the children Cherry Hill Mayor Maria Barnaby Greenwald (center) proclaims two days Maryland which to operate openly. They re­ encouraged to attend and partici­ of the HSUS-co-sponsored conference in April as "Animal Welfare Days" New England Outlaws Cockfights veled in the knowledge that the pate, the high-stakes gambling, while HSUS Regional Director Nina Austenberg and Animal Welfare Maryland legislature had many Association President Charles I. Clausing look on. drugs, and firearms often found As of July 1, 1983, the long other pressing issues to occupy at cockfights. His testimony was Coming Attractions tradition of cockfighting in Mary­ its time and that key members of based on fact, and the testimony Regional Director John Dom­ land will finally become illegal by the legislature felt the sport was of the opposition on the frail de­ mers will present a program enti­ specific statute. This will end a harmless. They had, as extra in­ fense of long tradition. Mr. Baker tled "Developing a Humane Edu­ bitter, lengthy battle between an­ surance, a politically well-con­ reminded the lawmakers that slav­ attracted fifty-five students from cation Program" and a film show imal-welfare organizations and nected lobbyist to ensure that the ery and child labor were at one Southeast across the state. at the third annual New England cockfighters over a brutal ana­ legislature didn't do something time part of America's history and Columbus College in Columbus, Animal Control/Humane Acade­ chronism in that state. "foolish" like make cockfighting had been rightly abolished. Georgia, acted as host for the my to be held at The University of The legal status of cockfighting illegal. The legislature got the message. Workshop News ninth annual animal-control asso­ New Hampshire in Durham from in Maryland has been ambiguous The fighters hadn't reckoned on By the time you read this, cock­ A cruelty investigations work­ ciation seminar from June 23 to July 20 to July 22. Anyone in­ for years. Although most people us, however. We alerted our Mary­ fighting will be illegal in the Free shop held in Tampa, Florida, in June 25. Regional Director Marc terested in attending should con­ thought cockfighting prohibited land members repeatedly to in­ State. Cockfighters will have to May, was a huge success. Sponsor­ Paulhus assisted attorney Richard tact Joel E. Faira, The New Hamp­ under state anti-cruelty laws, it form them of every punch and coun­ flee to one of the few remaining ed jointly by Hillsborough Coun­ A. Marchetti in demonstrating the shire SPCA, P.O. Box 196, Strat­ was not specifically mentioned, terpunch in the struggle, and asked states which have not specifically ty Animal Control and the South­ techniques of effective courtroom ham, NH 30885 for more informa­ and, in 1982, a district court judge that they join us in contacting abolished this sordid pastime, east Regional Office, the workshop testimony. tion. ruled that it was not included un- their local press and representa- and The HSUS will follow them.

34 The Humane Society News • Summer 1983 The Humane Society News • Summer 1983 35 Make This A Colorful Christ01as LAWNOI'f:S

Black Duck Appeal A Successful Prosecution: ined and treated them into the early On May 20, 1983, oral argument One Story morning hours. They were then was held on the HSUS appeal of taken to the shelter for recupera­ A recent cruelty case in Ten­ tion. The humane society arranged the U.S. district court decision to nessee is a model of quick and to have the whole scene thoroughly allow the 1982-1983 hunting sea· thorough action by a local humane photographed by a forensic pho­ son on black ducks despite a sixty society in marshalling and coordi­ percent drop in the black duck pop­ tographer to obtain evidence and nating a variety of officials and contacted the news media to gain ulation over the past twenty-seven experts-including sheriff's depu­ years (see the Winter and Spring public support. ties, a veterinarian, the county judge, 1983 HSUS News). Although the In a detailed and thoughtful opin­ the society's attorney, county hunting season has come and gone, ion supporting issuance of a strict it is important to have this issue de­ health officials, news media, and supervisory injunction against the local animal wardens-to affect cided. Otherwise, the U.S. Fish and kennel owner, Judge Garrett stated an urgent rescue of animals and that the evidence presented on Wildlife Service will undoubtedly bring their owner to the bar of conditions at the kennel would continue to allow hunting of this justice. ''shock the conscience of even tlie dwindling population. In January, 1983, Sullivan Coun­ most callous person" and that The HSUS is represented in Sullivan County Humane Society this matter by the firm Covington ty Humane Society President Carol Lineback and member Joyce Leem­ members should be commended for and Burling, of Washington, D.C. ing successfully obtained a court their efforts. ''Animals have rights A decision should be rendered be­ injunction to protect the lives of which, like human beings, are to fore the end of the year. mistreated dogs found at a private be protected,'' he concluded. kennel in Kingsport, Tennessee. The kennel owner was ordered Florida Statute Invalidated Ms. Leeming first witnessed to keep the kennels clean and to Our unique HSUS Christmas This card should appeal to all Our challenge to the constitution­ the deplorable conditions at the provide proper housing and food card will bring a colorful who treasure our wild species. ality of a Florida law permitting apparently abandoned kennel in for the animals. The Sullivan Coun­ ·. , outdoor winter scene to your the drugging of racehorses (see the mid-January. Returning to the scene ty Humane Society was to monitor Twenty-five cards and envelopes Spring 1983 HSUS News) has been that same evening with Ms. Line­ conditions at the kennel and report friends and loved ones this are in each box. The price is $7 successful. The permissive statute, back and a veterinarian, she found to the court to ensure that the ani­ holiday season. This year's a box, $6 for each box if you which allowed injury- and pain­ five dogs dead of starvation and mals were being properly cared for, design, by wildlife artist order four or more boxes. masking drugs to be administered overexposure from the five-degree and the defendant was ordered to Joy Swan, depicts in full color a before a race, has been overturned weather. One dog was frozen to cooperate with the humane soci­ collection of gentle creatures ety. In addition, all expenses incur­ and an earlier, much more stringent the ground where it had been enjoying winter's delights. statute reinstated. Although the chained; another had been partial­ red by the society in caring for the law was knocked out on purely legal ly eaten by its starving mate. Seven dogs were ordered taxed to the de­ Inside is the greeting, "May you and technical constitutional grounds, living dogs, one with five puppies, fendant. and all creatures be blessed the court's ruling gives The were found severely emaciated. The HSUS General Counsel's Of­ with peace at this beautiful HSUS and other humane groups There was no food or water in sight. fice has a complete set of the offi­ season ... and always.'' an opportunity to ensure that the Sanitary conditions were shocking. cial papers in this case, including earlier statute is not once again Fearing that the remaining ani­ the complaint, investigators' affi­ changed. mals would not survive another davits, the veterinarian's affidavit, ------night of extreme cold, the humane the temporary custody order, and HSUS Please send me -----'1=---,---::2=----=3=-- boxes of HSUS Christmas cards at $7 per box society immediately contacted the court's opinion issuing the per­ (circle one) Judge George H. Garrett. He is­ manent injunction. Anyone inter­ Christmas Card OR please send me boxes of HSUS Christmas cards at $6 per box. sued an emergency order to the ested in obtaining a copy of these Order Form (4 or more) sheriff directing immediate re­ papers as resource material should I enclose S·--- moval of the dogs to the temporary contact this office. Send the cards to: custody of the Sullivan County Humane Society at the Kingsport Name e animal shelter. With help from 1 the county animal wardens and Address ~ sheriff's department, the animals Compiled by HSUS General Coun­ City State Zip 1E were taken to a veterinary clinic, sel Murdaugh Stuart Madden and 7 where Dr. George McCarthy exam· Associate Counsel Roger Kindler. Make all checks or money orders payable to The HSUS and send this coupon to: HSUS Christmas Cards 2100 L Street, NW Washington, D.C. 20037 36 The Humane Society News • Summer 1983 Orders will be sent by UPS and must be delivered to a street address. 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